Facilitating Smallholder Farmers’ Market Access
In the OIC Member Countries
191
Country Year Rural
Access
Index
Rural
Population
(2004)
Rural
Population
with Access
Rural
Population
without Access
Jordan 2003 79% 953,624 755,712 197,911
Kuwait 1999 82% 42,304 34,718 7,586
Lebanon 1999 87% 478,647 418,319 60,329
Libya 1999 78% 892,019 697,254 194,765
Morocco 2003 36% 12,531,921 4,511,492 8,020,429
Oman 1999 81% 721,639 581,602 140,037
Qatar 1999 81% 36,516 29,541 6,975
Saudi Arabia 2000 75% 4,607,987 3,477,968 1,130,018
Syria 2003 49% 9,198,165 4,507,101 4,691,064
Tunisia 2003 39% 3,484,286 1,358,872 2,125,414
United Arab Emirates 1999 76% 1,000,512 755,545 244,967
Yemen, Rep. 1999 21% 14,856,692 3,119,905 11,736,787
Afghanistan 2003 22% 22,122,202 4,848,492 17,273,710
Bangladesh 2000 37% 104,800,696 38,776,258 66,024,438
Pakistan 2004 61% 99,539,304 61,017,593 38,521,711
Source: World Bank Rural Access Index database