Table 1 Selected Socioeconomic, Health, and Healthcare System Financing Indicators for the Study Countries
Demographics | Health Indicators | Healthcare System Financing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Total Population (in thousands) (2015) | Population proportion under 15Â Years (%) (2015) | Population proportion over 60 (%) (2015) | GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) (2016) | Human Development Index (HDI) (2015) | Life Expectancy (Years) (2015) | Infant Mortality (2015) | Total Health Expenditure (THE) as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (2014) | General Government Health Expenditure (GGHE) as % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (2014) | Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPS) as % of Total Health Expenditure (THE) (2014) | Skilled health professionals density (per 10,000 population) |
Afghanistan | 32,527 | 44 | 4 | 1900 | 0.479 | 60.5 | 66.3 | 8.2 | 2.9 | 64 | 7.7 |
Bahrain | 1377 | 21.5 | 3.9 | 44,690a | 0.823 | 76.9 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 23 | 32.9 |
Djibouti | 888 | 32.7 | 6.3 | 2200a | 0.470 | 63.5 | 54.2 | 10.6 | 6.8 | 36 | 10.3 |
Egypt | 91,508 | 33.2 | 7.9 | 11,110 | 0.688 | 70.9 | 20.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 56 | 63.5 |
Iran | 79,109 | 23.6 | 8.2 | 17,370a | 0.774 | 75.5 | 13.4 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 41 | 23 |
Iraq | 36,423 | 41 | 5 | 17,240 | 0.649 | 68.9 | 26.5 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 40 | 6.1 |
Jordan | 7595 | 35.5 | 5.4 | 8980 | 0.741 | 74.1 | 15.4 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 21 | 66.1 |
Kuwait | 3892 | 22.3 | 3.4 | 83,420a | 0.799 | 74.7 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 13 | 63.4 |
Lebanon | 5851 | 24 | 11.5 | 13,860 | 0.763 | 74.9 | 7.1 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 36 | 59.2 |
Libya | 6278 | 29.8 | 7 | 11210a | 0.719 | 72.7 | 11.4 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 26 | 87 |
Morocco | 34,378 | 27.2 | 9.6 | 7700 | 0.645 | 74.3 | 23.7 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 58 | 15.1 |
Oman | 4491 | 20.5 | 4.4 | 41,320a | 0.795 | 76.6 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 6 | 78.1 |
Pakistan | 188,925 | 35 | 6.6 | 5580 | 0.548 | 66.4 | 65.8 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 56 | 14 |
Qatar | 2235 | 15.5 | 2.3 | 124,740a | 0.855 | 78.2 | 6.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 7 | 196.1 |
Saudi Arabia | 31,540 | 28.6 | 5 | 55,760 | 0.845 | 74.5 | 12.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 14 | 73.6 |
Sudan | 40,235 | 40.5 | 5.2 | 4290 | 0.488 | 64.1 | 47.6 | 8.4 | 1.8 | 76 | 11.2 |
Syrian | 18,502 | 37.1 | 6.4 | N.A | 0.553 | 64.5 | 11.1 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 54 | 33.2 |
Tunisia | 11,254 | 23.4 | 11.7 | 11,150 | 0.723 | 75.3 | 12.1 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 38 | 45 |
UAE | 9157 | 13.9 | 2.3 | 72,850 | 0.836 | 77.1 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 18 | 56.9 |
Yemen | 26,832 | 40.3 | 4.7 | 2490 | 0.499 | 65.7 | 33.8 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 76 | 8.7 |