the international comparison program

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The International Comparison Program

Western Asia Final Results

February 20, 2008 Bahrain

2005

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Graps and Tables

Per capita and Total GDP (GDP)

Per capita and Total Household Consumption (FAHC)

Per capiat and Total Government Expenditure (Govt.)

Per capita and Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)

PLIs for GDP and its Major Components

Price Similarity Index GDP

3

Total GDP

4

Per Capita GDP

5

PLI for GDP

PLI for GDP per capita

SYR

JOR

EGY

LBN

BHRKWT QAT

YEM

IRQ

OMN

SAU

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

7 8 9 10 11Log of GDP per capita

PLI

(re

gion

=100

)

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Real vs. Nominal GDP

Real GDP vs. Nominal GDP - USD

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

Qatar Kuwait Bahrain SaudiArabia

Oman Lebanon Egypt J ordan Syria Iraq Yemen

Nominal GDP - USD

Real GDP

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Per capita GDP, Yemen = 1

GDP per capita (Yemen=1)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Qatar Kuwait Bahrain SaudiArabia

Oman Lebanon Egypt J ordan Syria Iraq Yemen

Nominal Real

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Graps and Tables

Per capita and Total GDP (GDP)

Per capita and Total Household Consumption (FAHC)

Per capiat and Total Government Expenditure (Govt.)

Per capita and Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)

PLIs for GDP and its Major Components

Price Similarity Index GDP

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Total AFCH

10

Per Capita AFHC

11

PLI for AFHC

Price Level by Actual Final Household Consumption

SYR

JOR

EGY

BHR

YEM

IRQ

LBN

OMNSAU

KWTQAT

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

7 8 9 10Log of per capita consumption

PLI

(re

gion

=100

)

12

AFHC (Yemen = 1)

Real and nominal household consumption per capita (Yemen=1)

0

5

10

15

20

25

Kuwait Qatar Bahrain Lebanon Oman SaudiArabia

J ordan Egypt Syria Iraq Yemen

Nominal Real

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Graps and Tables

Per capita and Total GDP (GDP)

Per capita and Total Household Consumption (FAHC)

Per capiat and Total Government Expenditure (Govt.)

Per capita and Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)

PLIs for GDP and its Major Components

Price Similarity Index GDP

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Total Government

15

Per Capita Government

16

PLI Government

Per capita real government consumption and price level

IRQJOR

LBN

SAUBHR

YEMSYR

EGY

OMN

KWT

QAT

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

5 6 7 8

Log of per capita real government consumption

PLI

(re

gion

=100

)

17

Govt. Expenditure (Yemen =1)

Collective government expenditure per capita (Yemen=1)

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Qatar Kuwait Oman SaudiArabia

Bahrain Lebanon Iraq J ordan Egypt Syria Yemen

Nominal Real

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Graps and Tables

Per capita and Total GDP (GDP)

Per capita and Total Household Consumption (FAHC)

Per capiat and Total Government Expenditure (Govt.)

Per capita and Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)

PLIs for GDP and its Major Components

Price Similarity Index GDP

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Total GFCF

20

Per Capita GFCF

21

PLI GFCF

Gross fixed capital formation and price level

IRQSYR

JOR

YEM

EGY LBNOMN

SAU

BHR

KWTQAT

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

5 6 7 8 9 10

Log of GFCF

PLI

(re

gion

=100

)

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GFCF (Iraq = 1)

GFCF per capita (Iraq=1)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Qatar Kuwait Bahrain Oman SaudiArabia

Lebanon J ordan Syria Egypt Yemen Iraq

Nominal Real

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Graps and Tables

Per capita and Total GDP (GDP)

Per capita and Total Household Consumption (FAHC)

Per capiat and Total Government Expenditure (Govt.)

Per capita and Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)

PLIs for GDP and its Major Components

Price Similarity Index GDP

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Ranking by PLI GDP & Components

XR PPP PLI Rank PLI Rank PLI Rank PLI RankQatar 3.64 5.28 1.45 1 1.82 1 1.59 2 1.312 1Kuwait 0.29 0.41 1.41 2 1.79 2 1.80 1 1.107 2Bahrain 0.38 0.48 1.27 3 1.53 3 1.51 3 1.044 4Saudi Arabia 3.75 4.63 1.24 4 1.46 4 1.46 4 1.068 3Oman 0.39 0.45 1.16 5 1.36 5 1.19 5 1.017 5Lebanon 1,507.50 1,629.61 1.08 6 1.29 6 0.91 6 0.925 8Jordan 0.71 0.73 1.03 7 1.19 7 0.78 7 1.013 6Iraq 1,473.00 1,073.82 0.73 8 0.74 10 0.62 8 0.945 7Syria 52.14 37.91 0.73 9 0.78 9 0.55 9 0.862 9Yemen 191.42 133.61 0.70 10 0.79 8 0.47 10 0.705 11Egypt 5.78 3.28 0.57 11 0.60 11 0.46 11 0.765 10

Collective Government GFCFGDP

Actual Final Household

Consumption

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PLI for GDP and AFHC

PLI for GDP vs. PLI for Actual Final Household Consumption

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

Qatar Kuwait Bahrain SaudiArabia

Oman Lebanon J ordan Iraq Syria Yemen Egypt

PLI for AFHCPLI for GDP

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Graps and Tables

Per capita and Total GDP (GDP)

Per capita and Total Household Consumption (FAHC)

Per capiat and Total Government Expenditure (Govet.)

Per capita and Total Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)

PLIs for GDP and its Major Components

Price Similarity Index GDP

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Price Similarity Index

Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Syria Yemen1 Bahrain 1.00 0.34 0.59 0.72 0.89 0.27 0.91 0.80 0.88 0.60 0.54 2 Egypt 0.34 1.00 0.70 0.60 0.36 0.63 0.49 0.23 0.45 0.65 0.71 3 Iraq 0.59 0.70 1.00 0.79 0.54 0.54 0.73 0.46 0.67 0.76 0.73 4 Jordan 0.72 0.60 0.79 1.00 0.63 0.53 0.83 0.58 0.70 0.78 0.70 5 Kuwait 0.89 0.36 0.54 0.63 1.00 0.32 0.86 0.71 0.86 0.49 0.47 6 Lebanon 0.27 0.63 0.54 0.53 0.32 1.00 0.47 0.18 0.48 0.47 0.47 7 Oman 0.91 0.49 0.73 0.83 0.86 0.47 1.00 0.72 0.91 0.64 0.62 8 Qatar 0.80 0.23 0.46 0.58 0.71 0.18 0.72 1.00 0.71 0.42 0.42 9 Saudi Arabia 0.88 0.45 0.67 0.70 0.86 0.48 0.91 0.71 1.00 0.50 0.55

10 Syria 0.60 0.65 0.76 0.78 0.49 0.47 0.64 0.42 0.50 1.00 0.82 11 Yemen 0.54 0.71 0.73 0.70 0.47 0.47 0.62 0.42 0.55 0.82 1.00

Average Region 0.65 0.52 0.65 0.69 0.61 0.44 0.72 0.52 0.67 0.61 0.60

Average Gulf 0.87 0.37 0.60 0.69 0.83 0.34 0.85 0.74 0.84 0.53 0.52 Average non-Gulf 0.51 0.66 0.70 0.68 0.47 0.53 0.63 0.38 0.56 0.70 0.69 Inter-country Max 0.89 0.71 0.79 0.83 0.86 0.63 0.91 0.72 0.91 0.82 0.82 Inter-country Min 0.27 0.23 0.46 0.53 0.32 0.18 0.47 0.18 0.45 0.42 0.42

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Gulf and non-Gulf Group

All countries in one group Gulf countries separately PLI GDP PLI GDP

Country Oman = 1.0 Oman = 1.0 Oman = 1.0 Oman = 1.0 Qatar 1.25 3.38 1.20 3.53 Kuwait 1.21 2.21 1.17 2.29 Bahrain 1.09 1.34 1.07 1.37 Saudi Arabia 1.06 1.04 1.06 1.05 Oman 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

All countries in one group

Non-Gulf countries separately

PLI GDP PLI GDP

Country Jordan = 1.0 Jordan = 1.0 Jordan = 1.0 Jordan = 1.0 Lebanon 1.05 2.38 1.07 2.34 Egypt 0.55 1.11 0.49 1.25 Jordan 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Syria 0.71 0.95 0.64 1.04 Iraq 0.71 0.75 0.64 0.82 Yemen 0.68 0.53 0.61 0.59

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Congratualtions to all

For an excellent job!!!