COMCEC Poverty Outlook 2016:
Human Development in OIC
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Figure 4: GDP Per Capita in the High Income OIC Countries (PPP)(Current International$),
2015
Source: The World Bank, 2015a.
Upper-Middle Income OIC Member Countries
Upper-middle income refers to an income level (GNI per capita; Current US$) that is higher
than US$4,036 and lower than US$12,475. In this regard, the upper-middle income OIC
Member Countries are Gabon, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Albania, Suriname, Malaysia, Iran, Turkey and Maldives.
The GDP per capita (PPP; Current International$) in upper-middle OIC Countries has a diverse
pattern. While this indicator is $10,880 in Albania, it reaches to $26,891 in Malaysia.
Kazakhstan and Malaysia have high GDP per capita values compared to the rest of the group
(Figure 5).
Figure 5: GDP per-capita in the Upper Middle-Income OIC Member Countries (PPP, Current Int. $), 2015
Source: The World Bank, 2015a.
38.234
46.946
53.430
70.238
70.817
71.312
143.788
0 20.000 40.000 60.000 80.000 100.000 120.000 140.000 160.000
Oman
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Brunei Darussalam
Kuwait
Qatar
10.880
11.305
11.397
12.637
13.938
14.154
14.687
14.895
16.499
16.970
17.366
17.740
19.618
20.010
25.877
26.891
0
5.000
10.000
15.000
20.000
25.000
30.000
Jordan
Albania
Tunisia
Maldives
Lebanon
Libya
Algeria
Iraq
Turkmenistan
Suriname
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Gabon
Kazakhstan
Malaysia