American Univesity of Beirut

The following links provide access to development data and statistics of interest to public health in the Arab world. This page will be updated regularly so please visit often. 

Suggest additional resources to be linked on this page or tell us if a link is broken. Write to phaw-admin@aub.edu.lb

Regional Stat​istics

• Arab Countries, Statistical Reports (League of Arab States) Arabic, English
  
• Figures & Indicators
  
• Arab Spatial - Development and Food Security Atlas (IFPRI)
  
• Arab Statistics (UNDP-Programme on Governance in the Arab Region)
  
• ESCWA Statistical Information System (ESIS)
  
• Human Development Report  (HDR) 2011 Statistical Tables for the Arab States (UNDP)
  
• International Labor Organization (ILO): Natlex, Normlex, Employment protection legislation database (EPLex)  
  
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) - Data is compiled by the Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
  
• MPI Data and Updates for 2011
  
• MPI Country Briefings: Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen
  
• Statistical Bulletin of the Arab Institute for Training & Research in Statistics
  
• Statistics Division, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
  
• Social Statistics
  
• Economic Statistics
  
• Statistical Tables of the ESCWA Region (UN ESCWA)
  
• World Bank Data: Arab World , Middle East and North Africa
  
• 2012 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) (please choose "North Africa" below left nd then click on the country name to the right)
  

Internation​al Development Statistics (with data on Arab countries)   

• DataFinder, Population Reference Bureau (Under 'International' choose 'Regions' or 'Countries' or specific topics)
  
• EUROSTAT Youth Statistics
  
• Environmental and public health workers density (per 1000 population) - Middle East and North Africa (Quandl Financial & Economic Data): Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia, Yemen
  
• FAO AQUASTAT: a global information system on water and agriculture that allows searching for resources by country.
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• Global Footprint Network (Click on the country in the map)
  

Human Development Report Statistical Tables and Data (UNDP)

• Human Development Statistical Tables (all countries)​
  
• HDR 2010 Statistical Tables (all countries) and Human Development Index (HDI) trends 1980-2010
  
• HDR 2009 Statistical Tables (all countries)
  

Millenium Development Goals

• MDGs Indicators (UN)
  
• MDGs Statistics (DevInfo)
  
• World Bank eAtlas of the Millennium Development Goals (World Bank)
  

National Expenditures on Health (WHO):

• Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• NationMaster.com (allows for graphic comparisons between countries as well as choosing different topics for the same country): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine (Gaza Strip, West Bank), Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - African economies: basic indicators 2011
  
• Public Data (Google)
  
• Quandl Financial & Economic Data:
  
• Education: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• Energy: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• Statistics and Information Department, Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - OIC) 
  
• BASEIND (statistical database) 
  
• Basic Facts and Figures on OIC Member Countries 
  
• Statistical Yearbook of OIC Member Countries 
  
• The Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC): Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• The Tobacco Atlas: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, West Bank & Gaza Strip (click on "Topics" for different themes)
  

UNESCO country profile:

• Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  

UNICEF statistics (variety of topics):

• Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
• UNSD Statistical Databases (United Nations Statistics Division - UNSD)
  
• Demographic Yearbook statistics
  
• Health statistics
  
• Population and Vital Statistics Report
  
• Social Indicators
  

UNDESA

• Population Division, Fertility and Family Planning Section - Data Query (demographic information)
  
• World Bank Data: World Development Indicators (WDI) & Global Develoment Finance (GDF) Database
  
• World Bank - Poverty & Equity Data - Middle East & North Africa: Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, West Bank & Gaza, Yemen