COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2018
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High Income OIC Countries
Human Development Index
Analysis of high income OIC Member Countries according to their HDI values, shows that all
countries in this group are in very high human development category .
Figure 13: HDI Values of High Income OIC Member Countries
Source: UNDP, 2018.
The values for the first dimension of HDI, GNI per capita (2011 PPP$), are between US$36,290
(Oman) and US$116,818 (Qatar) for the high income countries. Only Oman is below the average
GNI value for the Very High Human Development (VHHD) category which is US$39,605. However,
for all the other dimensions (life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling and expected years
of schooling) the index values of the high income OIC countries are below the average index values
of the VHHD. Only for the expected years of schooling the index value of Saudi Arabia is just above
the average of the VHHD. Indeed, the index values for life expectancy at birth of these countries
are between 74,7 (Saudi Arabia) and 78,3 (Qatar) while the average value of the VHHD is 79.5;
mean years of schooling values are between 7.3 (Kuwait) and 10.8 (United Arab Emirates) while
the average value for the VHHD category is 12.2; and expected years of schooling values are
between 13.4 (Qatar) and 16.9 (Saudi Arabia) while the average value for the VHHD category is
16.4.
Multidimensional Poverty Index
Data for multidimensional poverty index is not available for high income OIC member countries.
State of Hunger
High income does not experience food deficiency. Similarly, among high income OIC Member
Countries only Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman has data related to global hunger index and the
index for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is negligible (below5), but Oman’s situation is moderate (10,4).
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United Arab
Emirates
Qatar Saudi Arabia Brunei
Darussalam
Bahrain Oman Kuwait