Health status and health systems financing in the MENA region: roadmap to universal health coverage

Table 1 Selected Socioeconomic and Health Indicators for the Middle East and North Africa Region

Indicator	Algeria	Bahrain	Egypt	Iraq	Jordan	Kuwait	Lebanon	Libya	Morocco	Oman	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Sudan	Syrian Arab Republic	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates	Yemen
Gross National Income per capita 2014 (at 2011 PPP$)*	13,054	38,599	10,512	14,003	11,365	83,961	16,509	14,911	6850	34,858	123,124	52,821	3809	2728	10,404	60,868	3519
Human Development Index 2014	0.736	0.824	0.690	0.654	0.748	0.816	0.769	0.724	0.628	0.793	0.850	0.837	0.479	0.594	0.721	0.835	0.498
Adult literacy rate (%) (15+ years) (2005–2013)	72.6	94.6	73.9	79.0	97.9	95.5	89.6	89.9	67.1	86.9	96.7	92.4	73.4	85.1	79.7	90.0	66.4
Total population, 2013 (‘000)	39,208	1332	82,056	33,765	7274	3369	4822	6202	33,008	3632	2169	28,829	37,964	21,898	10,997	9346	24,407
Population 60+ (2013) (%)	7	3	9	5	5	4	12	7	8	4	2	5	5	6	11	1	5
Life expectancy at birth (2013) (years)	72	77	71	70	74	78	80	75	71	76	79	76	63	76	76	77	64
Healthy life expectancy at birth (2013) (years)	62	66	62	61	64	68	70	64	61	66	68	65	53	66	66	67	55
Infant mortality rate per 1000 live birth	21.6	5.2	18.6	28.0	16.0	8.1	7.8	12.4	26.1	9.8	7.0	13.4	51.2	11.9	13.1	7.0	40.4
Under 5 mortality rate per 1000 live birth	25	6	22	34	19	10	9	15	30	11	8	16	77	15	15	8	51
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births	89	22	45	67	50	14	16	15	120	11	6	16	360	49	46	8	270
Physician per 10,000 population, 2007–2013	12.1	9.2	28.3	6.1	25.6	17.9	32.0	19.0	6.2	24.3	77.4	24.9	2.8	14.6	12.2	25.3	2.0
Nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 population, 2007–2013	19.5	23.7	35.2	-	40.5	45.5	27.2	68.0	8.9	53.8	118.7	48.7	8.4	18.7	32.8	31.6	6.8

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