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Figure 4: GDP Per Capita (PPP) in the High Income OIC Countries (Current International$),
2016
Source: The World Bank, 2016a.
Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Upper-middle income refers to an income level (GNI per capita; Current US$) that is higher than
US$3,956 and lower than US$12,235. In this regard, the upper-middle income OIC Member
Countries are Gabon, Guyana, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan,
Turkmenistan, Albania, Suriname, Malaysia, Iran, Turkey and Maldives.
The GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) in upper-middle OIC Countries has a diverse
pattern. While this indicator is $7,819 in Guyana, it reaches to $27,681 in Malaysia. Kazakhstan,
Malaysia and Turkey have high GDP per capita values compared to the rest of the group
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