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USD 26.9 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 84.5 billion (2017, estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-0.2% | -16.7% | -13.6% | -5.9 | -2.7% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
22.0% | 21.3% | 30.4% | 27.6% | 14.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
65.6% | 79.6% | 84.3% | 64.8% | 56.3% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
-10% | -9.3% | -5.3% | -6.3% | -6.9% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
-1.8% (2018 estimate)
N/A
0.01% (2018)
0.01% (2018)
Crude oil, coffee, dried and salted fish, liquefied natural gas
Food and live animals, machinery and equipment, chemicals
Egypt 29.4%, Thailand 16.7%, Belarus 13.5%, Oman 10.5%, UAE 6.5%, Saudi Arabia 5% (2017)
UAE 12.2%, China 12.1%, Turkey 8.7%, Brazil 7.3%, Saudi Arabia 6.5%, Argentina 5.5%, India 4.7% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD -561 million | USD -270 million | USD -282 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 0.8 million | USD 5.6 million | USD 3.6 million |
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 187 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 156 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 186 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 187 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 86 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 186 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 162 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 89 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 188 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 143 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 159 out of 190 countries
140 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Muslim 99.1% (official; virtually all are citizens, an estimated 65% are Sunni and 35% are Shia), other 0.9% (includes Jewish, Baha'i, Hindu, and Christian; many are refugees or temporary foreign residents) (2010 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
12.09 million | 17.94 million | 24.4 million | 28.3 million | 32.5 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
9.1% | 17.5% | 26.3% | 36.6% |
Total population: 70.1%
Male: 85.1%
Female: 55% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
52.2% (2014)
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 4.3% Mobile 55.2% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)