COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2019
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Figure 4: GDP Per Capita (PPP) in the High Income OIC Countries (Current International$),
2018
Source: The World Bank, 2019.
Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Upper-middle income refers to an income level (GNI per capita; Current US$) that is higher than
US$3,956 and lower than US$12,235. In this regard, the upper-middle income OIC Member
Countries are Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Gabon, Guyana, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Suriname, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
The GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) in upper-middle OIC Countries has a diverse
pattern. While this indicator is $8,569 in Guyana, it reaches to $31,698 in Malaysia. Turkey and
Kazakhstan have high GDP per capita values compared to the rest of the group .16
16 Figure for Iran pertains to 2017.
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