Social & Moral Development Index₁_,₂
Pos.		Lower is better Avg Rank₁_,₂
1	Cyprus	55.6
2	Israel	67.5
3	Turkey	77.4
4	UAE	77.9
5	Qatar	80.4
6	Jordan	80.6
7	Kuwait	85.2
8	Saudi Arabia	88.6
9	Oman	89.1
10	Lebanon	89.6
	The Middle East Avg	89.8
	World Avg	86.4
q=16.

Almost exclusively dominated by Muslim countries, the Middle East in general has severe problems with human rights, gender equality and cultural misogyny, religious tolerance₃ and LGBT equality. It is the Arabian and Islamic countries in this region where human rights is poor₄. Acceptance of democratic and human-rights principles is largely impossible given the prominence of Islamic theocracy, and religion-based persecution is at its most severe in this area₃. The two countries that do not fit in this pattern bear these criticisms out: Cyprus and Israel are both non-Islamic states and they come 1st and 2nd on the Social and Moral Index for this region.

There are 17 locations that fall within this category. By adding up all the known populations that fall within these locations, and summing their physical land areas, we can calculate population densities. Some islands and territories can end up being counted twice depending on how they are classified and divided up politically, but, mostly such errors involve only small populations. So, some data on this collection of countries in total:

Population: 434.4m
Land Area: 7 242 420km²
Independent States: 16
Other Territories: 1
Compare to other regions of the world

1. Basic Stats and Demographics

#economics #human_development #population

Pos.		Population (2018) Population₅	Social & Moral Lower is better Avg Rank₁_,₂	Gross National Income (2011) Higher is better PPP $₆	UN HDI (2016) Lower is better Rank₇	Land Area (2011) km²₈	People Per km² Lower is better
1	Egypt	98.4m	92.6	$10 064	111	995 450	99
2	Turkey	82.3m	77.4	$18 705	71	769 630	107
3	Iran	81.8m	97.8	$16 395	69	1 628 550	50
4	Iraq	38.4m	124.2	$11 608	121	434 320	88
5	Saudi Arabia	33.7m	88.6	$51 320	38	2 149 690	16
6	Yemen	28.5m	122.6	$2 300	168	527 970	54
7	Syria	16.9m	117.2	$2 441	149	183 630	92
8	Jordan	10.0m	80.6	$10 111	86	88 780	112
9	UAE	9.6m	77.9	$66 203	42	83 600	115
10	Israel	8.4m	67.5	$31 215	19	21 640	387
11	Lebanon	6.9m	89.6	$13 312	76	10 230	671
12	Palestine	4.9m		$5 256	114
13	Oman	4.8m	89.1	$34 402	52	309 500	16
14	Kuwait	4.1m	85.2	$76 075	51	17 820	232
15	Qatar	2.8m	80.4	$129 916	33	11 610	240
16	Bahrain	1.6m	90.2	$37 236	47	760	2 065
17	Cyprus	1.2m	55.6	$29 459	33	9 240	129
	The Middle East Avg	25.6m	89.8	$32 119	75.3	452 651	56
	World Avg	39.0m	86.4	$17 240	94.3	620 450	63
q=17.

Not showing due to lack of data: Palestine. This page only shows places where the database has enough data to be able to come to reasonable conclusions about each place. The main focus is on nation states, but, some distinct external territories may be listed if the database has enough information about them. Averages are calculated from as many valid data points as possible, meaning, that some territories and locations that are not listed above may still be used to calculate some of the average values. Some calculations only use Independent State data - hover the cursor over values to see hints.

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2. Emigration and Immigration

#emigration #immigration #migration #the_middle_east

Pos.		Immigrants (2017) %₉	Emigrants (2010) %₁₀
1	UAE	88.4%	1.2%
2	Kuwait	75.5%	8.5%
3	Qatar	65.2%	0.7%
4	Bahrain	48.4%	3.7%
5	Oman	44.7%	0.5%
	The Middle East Avg	28.6%	9.8%
q=17.

The countries in The Middle East with the highest percent of immigrants in their populations are UAE (88.4%), Kuwait (75.5%) and Qatar (65.2%), although the average for The Middle East is 29%. And emigration: Palestine (68.4%), Cyprus (17.0%) and Lebanon (15.6%). The average regional emigration rate is 10%.

For full stats and comparisons, see: Which Country in the Middle East Has the Most Immigrants Or Emigrants?.

3. Social and Moral Development

#education #equality #health #human_development #human_rights #modernity #morals #politics #prejudice #technology #the_internet #tolerance

Here are each country's overall scores across the categories that make up the Social and Moral Development Index. This is followed by lists of how each country scores in each individual data set.

Pos.		Social & Moral Lower is better Avg Rank₁_,₂	Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance (2020) Lower is better Avg Rank₁₁_,₁₂	Health (2020) Lower is better Avg Rank₁₃_,₁₂	Modernity and Learning (2020) Lower is better Avg Rank₁₄
1	Cyprus	55.6	44.1	79.3	47.1
2	Israel	67.5	76.2	80.8	26.0
3	Turkey	77.4	81.6	85.6	40.0
4	UAE	77.9	112.4	76.6	53.8
5	Qatar	80.4	117.2	71.1	68.1
6	Jordan	80.6	98.8	87.5	71.8
7	Kuwait	85.2	104.3	72.3	67.1
8	Saudi Arabia	88.6	110.1	73.4	52.2
9	Oman	89.1	118.7	57.9	76.1
10	Lebanon	89.6	97.0	92.3	71.9
11	Bahrain	90.2	106.9	79.0	67.1
12	Egypt	92.6	110.7	100.6	65.4
13	Iran	97.8	136.5	74.4	60.9
14	Syria	117.2	128.7	104.9	97.7
15	Yemen	122.6	122.8	111.4	105.7
16	Iraq	124.2	125.3	132.0	106.6
	The Middle East Avg	89.8	109.5	86.2	67.8
	World Avg	86.4	89.8	92.3	69.0
q=16.

The Social and Moral Development Index concentrates on moral issues and human rights, violence, public health, equality, tolerance, freedom and effectiveness in climate change mitigation and environmentalism, and on some technological issues. A country scores higher for achieving well in those areas, and for sustaining that achievement in the long term. Those countries towards the top of this index can truly said to be setting good examples and leading humankind onwards into a bright, humane, and free future. See: Which are the Best Countries in the World? The Social and Moral Development Index.

4. Human Rights, Equality & Tolerance

#antisemitism #equality #freedom #gender #gender_equality #homosexuality #human_rights #international_law #mass_media #misogyny #politics #slavery #tolerance #women

The best countries in the world at ensuring human rights, fostering equality and promoting tolerance, are Denmark, Sweden and Norway₁₁. These countries are displaying the best traits that humanity has to offer. The worst countries are Tuvalu, The Solomon Islands and Palestine₁₁.

The data sets used to calculate points for each country are statistics on commentary in Human Rights Watch reports, its nominal commitment to Human Rights, speed of uptake of HR treaties, supporting personal, civil & economic freedoms, supporting press freedom, eliminating modern slavery, opposing gender inequality, the year from which women could participate in democracy, its success in fighting anti-semitic prejudice and LGBT equality. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Baltic States and Europe₁₁, whereas the worst are Micronesia, Melanesia and Australasia₁₁.

“The Arab World [is] a region where the mean and median levels of performance [at ensuring human rights and freedom] are probably most charitably labeled poor.”
"Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice" by Jack Donnelly (2013)₁₆

Human Rights & Tolerance:

Pos.		HRW (2017) Score₁₇	Nominal Commitment to HR (2009) Higher is better Treaties₁₈	HR Treaties Lag (2019) Lower is better Avg Yrs/Treaty₁₉	Personal, Civil & Economic Freedom (2014) Lower is better Rank₂₀	Press Freedom (2013) Lower is better₂₁	Slavery (2018) Lower is better % Victims₂₂
1	Bahrain	-5	12	12.55	88	6275	0.19
2	Cyprus	5	20	5.81	33	1383	0.42
3	Egypt	-7	16	4.52	144	4866	0.55
4	Iran	-10	9	10.81	157	7340	1.62
5	Iraq	-6	9	7.55		4467	0.48
6	Israel	-5	12	10.97	52	3297	0.39
7	Jordan	-6	14	7.75	91	3847	0.18
8	Kuwait	-4	12	10.36	111	2828	0.15
9	Lebanon	-5	12	10.14	108	3015	0.17
10	Oman	-5	9	13.46	120	4151	0.21
11	Qatar	-3	10	11.34	117	3286	0.15
12	Saudi Arabia	-10	10	13.73	144	5688	0.19
13	Syria	-10	14	7.02	156	7853	0.73
14	Turkey	-2	17	9.48	73	4656	0.65
15	UAE	-6	7	14.81	118	3349	0.17
16	Yemen	-7	16	8.88	158	6922	0.31
17	Palestine			17.21		4309
	The Middle East Avg	-5.4	12.4	10.37	111.3	4561	0.41
	World Avg	-1.9	15.1	10.02	79.7	3249	0.65
q=17.

Qatar is host to the Arab region's unique news station, Al-Jazeera, counted by Julian McDougall₂₃ as one of the five leading providers of global news, with 100 million viewers across the world₂₄. It is surprisingly progressive for the region, but still outputs a lof of material that is prejudiced and problematic₂₅_,₂₆.

Link: Qatar (State of Qatar): 12. Al-Jazeera News Station.

Gender Equality:

Pos.		Gender Inequality (2015)₂₇	Year Women Can Vote Lower is better Year
1	Bahrain	0.23	1973
2	Cyprus	0.12	1960
3	Egypt	0.57	1956
4	Iran	0.51	1963
5	Iraq	0.53	1980
6	Israel	0.10	1948
7	Jordan	0.48	1974
8	Kuwait	0.33	2005
9	Lebanon	0.38	1952
10	Oman	0.28	1994
11	Qatar	0.54	2003
12	Saudi Arabia	0.26	0
13	Syria	0.55	1953
14	Turkey	0.33	1934
15	UAE	0.23
16	Yemen	0.77	1970
	The Middle East Avg	0.39	1838
	World Avg	0.36	1930
q=16. No data: 1₂₈

Prejudice:

Pos.		Anti-Semite Opinions (2014) %₂₉	LGBT Equality (2017) Higher is better Score₃₀
1	Bahrain	81	-2
2	Cyprus		40
3	Egypt	75	-27
4	Iran	56	-19
5	Iraq	92	-29
6	Israel		48
7	Jordan	81	12
8	Kuwait	82	-37
9	Lebanon	78	-24
10	Oman	76	-22
11	Qatar	80	-54
12	Saudi Arabia	74	-72
13	Syria		-84
14	Turkey	69	25
15	UAE	80	-34
16	Yemen	88	-22
	The Middle East Avg	77.8	-18.8
	World Avg	36.8	12.6
q=16. No data: 1₂₈

5. Health

#alcohol #birth_control #demographics #health #life_expectancy #longevity #mental_health #obesity #overpopulation #parenting #population #smoking #suicide #vaccines

The countries with the best overall approach to public health, in terms of both public policy and individual lifestyle choices, are Hong Kong, Singapore and The Maldives₁₃. These countries are worth emulating. And, although often through no fault of the average citizen, the worst countries are S. Sudan, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea₁₃.

The data sets used to calculate points for each country are its average life expectancy, its alcohol consumption rate, its fertility rate, its smoking rate, its suicide rate, its food aid and health contributions and WHO compliance, the prevalence of overweight adults, its adolescent birth rate and its immunizations take-up. The regions with the best average results per country are Scandinavia, Asia and Europe₁₃, whereas the worst are Africa, Micronesia and Polynesia₁₃.

Health:

Pos.		Life Expectancy (2015) Years₆	Alcohol Consumption (2016) Lower is better Per Capita₃₁	Fertility Rate (2013) 2.0 is best₃₂	Smoking Rates (2014) Lower is better₃₃	Suicide Rate (2013) Per 100k₃₄	Food Aid, Health Contributions & WHO Compliance (2017) Lower is better Rank₃₅	Overweight Adults (2016) Lower is better %₃₆
1	Bahrain	76.72	1.9	2.46	969	7.5	93	65.8
2	Cyprus	80.33	10.8	1.46	1 688	9.1	59	59.1
3	Egypt	71.33	0.4	2.65	1 188	0.1	73	63.5
4	Iran	75.58	1.0	1.60	869		118	61.6
5	Iraq	69.63	0.4	4.57	1 227		135	64.6
6	Israel	82.56	3.8	2.91	1 346	8.5	51	64.3
7	Jordan	74.18	0.7	2.93	1 855	0.2	18	69.6
8	Kuwait	74.55	0.0	2.27	1 517	3.6	20	73.4
9	Lebanon	79.54	1.5	1.77	3 023		63	67.9
10	Oman	76.97	0.8	2.17	577		26	62.6
11	Qatar	78.32	2.0	2.20	698		25	71.7
12	Saudi Arabia	74.44	0.2	2.67	1 395		15	69.7
13	Syria	69.65	0.3	2.81	459		88	61.4
14	Turkey	75.53	2.0	2.04	1 581		44	66.8
15	UAE	77.12	3.8	1.70	715		14	67.8
16	Yemen	64.05	0.1	4.98	388		119	48.8
17	Palestine	73.07		4.31
	The Middle East Avg	74.92	1.9	2.68	1 218	4.83	60.1	64.9
	World Avg	71.27	6.2	2.81	819	20.93	82.0	49.0
q=17.

Children's Health:

Pos.		Adolescent Birth Rate (2015) Per 1000₂₇	Infant Immunizations 2011-2015 (2015) Higher is better Avg %₃₇
1	Bahrain	13.5	98.2
2	Cyprus	5.0	95.3
3	Egypt	51.9	93.4
4	Iran	26.7	98.1
5	Iraq	84.0	70.7
6	Israel	9.7	95.2
7	Jordan	23.2	96.6
8	Kuwait	9.8	97.5
9	Lebanon	12.4	79.4
10	Oman	8.1	98.0
11	Qatar	10.7	95.6
12	Saudi Arabia	8.8	98.0
13	Syria	39.4	62.4
14	Turkey	27.6	95.5
15	UAE	29.7	94.0
16	Yemen	61.5	67.4
17	Palestine	58.6
	The Middle East Avg	28.3	89.7
	World Avg	47.9	88.3
q=17.

6. Modernity and Learning

#education #english #intelligence #it_security #maths #politics #religion #research #science #the_internet

Modernity and Education:

Pos.		Research and Development (2016) % RDP PPP	Secondary Education (2018) Higher is better₃₈	Length of Schooling (2018) Higher is better Years₃₉	Intellectual Endeavours (2017) Lower is better Rank₃₅	Maths, Science & Reading (2015) Higher is better Score₄₀	Religiosity (2009) Lower is better %₄₁	IQ (2006) Higher is better₄₂
1	Bahrain	0.04₄₃	59.6%	15.3	115		94
2	Cyprus	0.48₄₃	80.3%	14.7	31	1313	75
3	Egypt	0.68₄₃	65.3%	13.1	60		97	81
4	Iran	0.31₄₄	69.8%	14.7	90			84
5	Iraq	0.03₄₅	48.0%	11.1	162		84	87
6	Israel	4.11₄₆	89.1%	16.0	34	1416	51	95
7	Jordan	0.43₄₇	84.0%	11.9	65	1197		84
8	Kuwait	0.30₄₃	51.5%	13.8	127		91	86
9	Lebanon		54.9%	11.3	68	1129	87	82
10	Oman	0.17₄₃	66.4%	14.7	123			83
11	Qatar	0.47₄₈	67.5%	12.2	145	1222	95
12	Saudi Arabia	0.07₄₉	72.8%	17.0	81		93	84
13	Syria		41.0%	8.9	140		89	83
14	Turkey	1.01₄₆	53.1%	16.4	55	1273	82
15	UAE	0.49₄₅	70.7%	13.6	84	1298	91	84
16	Yemen		28.0%	8.7	108		99	85
17	Palestine		61.1%	12.8			93
	The Middle East Avg	0.66	62.5%	13.3	93.0	1264	87.2	84.8
	World Avg	0.84	63.0%	13.2	82.0	1389	75.1	85.6
q=17.

Technology and Information:

Pos.		Internet Users (2016)₅₀	Internet Freedom (2012) Lower is better₅₁	IT Security (2013) Lower is better₅₂	IPv6 Uptake (2017) Higher is better Ratio₅₃
1	Bahrain	92%	71		0.0
2	Cyprus	72%			0.0
3	Egypt	33%	59		0.4
4	Iran	49%	90	0.85	0.1
5	Iraq	13%		1.84	0.0
6	Israel	73%		0.20	1.8
7	Jordan	46%	45		0.0
8	Kuwait	80%		0.93	0.0
9	Lebanon	76%			0.0
10	Oman	71%		1.72	0.0
11	Qatar	92%		0.65	0.0
12	Saudi Arabia	65%	71	0.93	6.8
13	Syria	30%	83		0.0
14	Turkey	58%	46	0.52	0.3
15	UAE	92%			0.3
16	Yemen	25%			0.0
17	Palestine	63%			0.0
	The Middle East Avg	60.4%	66.4	0.96	0.57
	World Avg	48.1%	46.7	0.98	3.82
q=17.

7. National Culture

#charity #corruption #happiness #morals #politics

Pos.		Personal Charitability (World Position, 2013-2016)₅₄	Corruption (2012-2016) Higher is better Avg Score₅₅	Happiness (2018) Higher is better₅₆	Creativity and Culture (2017) Lower is better Rank₃₅	Open Trading, Aid and Development (2017) Lower is better Rank₃₅
1	Bahrain	13	48.4	6.1	105	157
2	Cyprus	31	61.6	5.8	44	38
3	Egypt	112.25	34.2	4.4	123	134
4	Iran	32	27.2	4.7	157	148
5	Iraq	50.25	16.6	4.5	156	153
6	Israel	45.25	61.2	7.2	63	99
7	Jordan	102	48.6	5.2	91	24
8	Kuwait	21.5	44.2	6.1	110	83
9	Lebanon	77.25	28.2	5.2	66	31
10	Oman		45.8		126	75
11	Qatar	9	67.4	6.4	114	61
12	Saudi Arabia	48	47.4	6.4	136	85
13	Syria	43.67	18.8	3.5	152	147
14	Turkey	128	45.4	5.5	75	40
15	UAE	12	68.6	6.8	53	49
16	Yemen	136.25	18.4	3.4	155	137
17	Palestine	135		4.7
	The Middle East Avg	62.27625	42.63	5.35	107.9	91.3
	World Avg	68.1185897435897	43.05	5.38	82.0	82.0
q=17.

8. Peace Versus Instability

#extremism #human_development #peace #politics #religious_violence #terrorism

Pos.		Global Peace Index (2012)₅₇	Peacekeeping and Security (2017) Lower is better Rank₃₅	Refugees and UN Treaties (2017) Lower is better Rank₃₅	Impact of Terrorism (2019) Lower is better Score₅₈
1	Bahrain	2.25	159	77	3.20
2	Cyprus	1.96	73	17	0.42
3	Egypt	2.22	4	120	6.79
4	Iran	2.32	83	68	4.72
5	Iraq	3.19	158	115	9.24
6	Israel	2.84	123	84	4.53
7	Jordan	1.90	31	111	3.09
8	Kuwait	1.79	140	81	2.49
9	Lebanon	2.46	153	76	4.40
10	Oman	1.89	11	119
11	Qatar	1.40	36	94	0.03
12	Saudi Arabia	2.18	141	117	5.24
13	Syria	2.83	131	142	8.01
14	Turkey	2.34	78	39	6.53
15	UAE	1.79	147	53	0.05
16	Yemen	2.60	157	128	7.26
17	Palestine				5.18
	The Middle East Avg	2.25	101.6	90.1	4.45
	World Avg	2.02	82.0	82.0	2.78
q=17.

9. The Natural Environment

#biodiversity #climate_change #over-exploitation #the_environment

Pos.		Forest Area Change 1990-2015 (2015) %₅₉	Environmental Performance (2018) Higher is better₆₀	Energy to GDP Efficiency (2014) Higher is better₆₁	CBD Earlier is better Signed	Rational Beliefs on the Environment (2011) Higher is better %₆₂
1	Bahrain	144.4	55.2	04.10	1996 Nov 28	26.3%
2	Cyprus	07.2	72.6	12.99	1996 Oct 08	71.0%
3	Egypt	65.9	61.2	11.76	1994 Aug 31	30.1%
4	Iran	17.8	58.2	05.32	1996 Nov 04	47.9%
5	Iraq	03.3	43.2		2009 Oct 26	24.9%
6	Israel	25.0	75.0	11.11	1995 Nov 05	27.6%
7	Jordan	-00.6	62.2	09.09	1994 Feb 10	41.4%
8	Kuwait	81.2	62.3	07.58	2002 Oct 31	19.6%
9	Lebanon	04.8	61.1	09.90	1995 Mar 15	54.3%
10	Oman	00.0	51.3	06.29	1995 May 09
11	Qatar		67.8	06.49	1996 Nov 19	26.5%
12	Saudi Arabia	00.0	57.5	07.04	2002 Jan 01	27.2%
13	Syria	32.1			1996 Apr 03	26.6%
14	Turkey	21.8	53.0	11.11	1997 May 15	47.4%
15	UAE	31.7	58.9	08.13	2000 May 10	20.8%
16	Yemen	00.0		12.50	1996 May 21	43.2%
17	Palestine	01.0			2015 Apr 02	27.5%
	The Middle East Avg	27.2	60.0	08.82	1899 Dec 30	35.1%
	World Avg	02.8	56.4	09.29	1899 Dec 30	39.9%
q=17.

10. Economic Inequality and Poverty

#capitalism #economics #health #inequality #life_expectancy #poverty #social_development

Pos.		Inequality in Life Expectancy (2019)₆₃	Income Inequality (Gini Coefficient) (2017) Lower is better %₆₄	Multidimensional Poverty (2018) Lower is better Severity₆₅
1	Bahrain	5.50
2	Cyprus	3.60	34.0
3	Egypt	11.60	31.8	.019
4	Iran	9.20	40.0
5	Iraq	15.90	29.5	.033
6	Israel	3.30	38.9
7	Jordan	10.60	33.7	.002
8	Kuwait	5.90
9	Lebanon	7.40	31.8
10	Oman	6.70
11	Qatar	5.70
12	Saudi Arabia	6.40
13	Syria	13.00		.029
14	Turkey	9.00	41.9
15	UAE	5.20
16	Yemen	24.70	36.7	.241
17	Palestine	12.00	33.7	.004
	The Middle East Avg	9.16	35.2	.054
	World Avg	14.59	38.1	.154
q=17.

11. Demographics

#birth_control #demographics #health #immigration #life_expectancy #longevity #migration #overpopulation #population

Population:

Pos.		Population (2018) Population₅	Life Expectancy (2015) Higher is better Years₆	Fertility Rate (2013) 2.0 is best₃₂	Old-Age Dependency Ratio (2016) Lower is better Per 100₆₆
1	Bahrain	1.6m	76.72	2.46	08.7
2	Cyprus	1.2m	80.33	1.46	26.9
3	Egypt	98.4m	71.33	2.65	10.5
4	Iran	81.8m	75.58	1.60	13.4
5	Iraq	38.4m	69.63	4.57	06.0
6	Israel	8.4m	82.56	2.91	22.9
7	Jordan	10.0m	74.18	2.93	08.0
8	Kuwait	4.1m	74.55	2.27	06.8
9	Lebanon	6.9m	79.54	1.77	21.1
10	Oman	4.8m	76.97	2.17	07.8
11	Qatar	2.8m	78.32	2.20	05.1
12	Saudi Arabia	33.7m	74.44	2.67	09.5
13	Syria	16.9m	69.65	2.81	09.0
14	Turkey	82.3m	75.53	2.04	18.0
15	UAE	9.6m	77.12	1.70	07.7
16	Yemen	28.5m	64.05	4.98	05.7
17	Palestine	4.9m	73.07	4.31	06.5
	The Middle East Avg	25.6m	74.92	2.68	11.4
	World Avg	39.0m	71.27	2.81	18.3
q=17.

Migration:

Pos.		Immigrants (2017) %₉	Emigrants (2010) %₁₀
1	Bahrain	48.4%	3.7%
2	Cyprus	16.0%	17.0%
3	Egypt	0.5%	4.4%
4	Iran	3.3%	1.7%
5	Iraq	1.0%	4.9%
6	Israel	23.6%	14.0%
7	Jordan	33.3%	11.3%
8	Kuwait	75.5%	8.5%
9	Lebanon	31.9%	15.6%
10	Oman	44.7%	0.5%
11	Qatar	65.2%	0.7%
12	Saudi Arabia	37.0%	0.7%
13	Syria	5.5%	4.2%
14	Turkey	6.0%	5.6%
15	UAE	88.4%	1.2%
16	Yemen	1.4%	4.7%
17	Palestine	5.2%	68.4%
	The Middle East Avg	28.6%	9.8%
	World Avg	9.4%	11.5%
q=17.

12. Religion and Beliefs

#belief #buddhism #christianity #folk_religion #god #hinduism #human_development #islam #judaism #no_religion #religion

Pos.		Religiosity (2009) %₄₁	Disbelief In God (2007) Higher is better %₆₇	Jews (2010) %₆₈	Christians (2010) %₆₈	Muslims (2010) %₆₈	Hindus (2010) %₆₈	Buddhists (2010) %₆₈	Folk Religion (2010) %₆₈	Unaffiliated (2010) %₆₈
1	Bahrain	94		0.6	14.5	70.3	9.8	2.5	0.1	1.9
2	Cyprus	75		0.1	73.2	25.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.2
3	Egypt	97	0	0.1	5.1	94.9	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
4	Iran		4	0.1	0.2	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
5	Iraq	84	0	0.1	0.8	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
6	Israel	51	15	75.6	2.0	18.6	0.1	0.3	0.2	3.1
7	Jordan		0	0.1	2.2	97.2	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1
8	Kuwait	91	0	0.1	14.3	74.1	8.5	2.8	0.1	0.1
9	Lebanon	87	3	0.1	38.3	61.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.3
10	Oman		0	0.1	6.5	85.9	5.5	0.8	0.1	0.2
11	Qatar	95		0.1	13.8	67.7	13.8	3.1	0.1	0.9
12	Saudi Arabia	93	0	0.1	4.4	93.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.7
13	Syria	89	0	0.1	5.2	92.8	0.1	0.1	0.1	2.0
14	Turkey	82		0.1	0.4	98.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	1.2
15	UAE	91	0	0.1	12.6	76.9	6.6	2.0	0.1	1.1
16	Yemen	99	0	0.1	0.2	99.0	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
17	Palestine	93		0.1	2.4	97.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
	The Middle East Avg	87.2	1.8	4.6	11.5	79.4	2.8	0.8	0.1	0.8
	World Avg	75.1	9.9	0.5	60.6	22.4	2.0	3.5	2.7	7.9
q=17.

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