COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2017
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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, except Oman which is
classified in high human development category .
Figure 13: HDI Values of High Income OIC Member Countries
Source: UNDP, 2016.
The values for the first dimension of HDI, GNI per capita (2011 PPP$), are between US$34,402
(Oman) and US$129,916 (Qatar) for the high income countries which are above the average GNI
value for the Very High Human Development (VHHD) category which is US$39,605, except
Bahrain (US$37,236) and Oman (US$34,402). 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. Indeed, the
index values for life expectancy at birth of these countries are between 74.4 (Saudi Arabia) and
79 (Brunei Darussalam) while the average value of the VHHD is 79.4; mean years of schooling
values are between 7.3 (Kuwait) and 9.8 (Qatar) while the average value for the VHHD category
is 12.2; and expected years of schooling values are between 13.3 (United Arab Emirates and
Kuwait) and 16.1 (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
0,8649
0,8555
0,8466
0,8398
0,8239
0,8002
0,7958
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Brunei Darussalam
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman