Musings On Iraq

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19534107334938897282012-01-26T20:05:08.959-08:00Musings On IraqIraq News, Politics, Economics, SocietyJoel Winghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09611810110771744360noreply@blogger.comBlogger19161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953410733493889728.post-52573801665553904562012-01-26T07:48:00.000-08:002012-01-26T20:05:09.561-08:00Iraq In The Middle East And North Africa, A Regional Comparison<style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal">From 1990 to 2003, Iraq was under United Nations sanctions for its invasion of Kuwait. As a result, the country’s living standards and infrastructure all deteriorated as it was cut off from many trade goods, and was still suffering the affects of the 1991 Gulf War. It has been almost nine years since those restrictions were lifted. Despite its constant political disputes and the sectarian civil war that lasted from 2005-2008, Iraq is finally beginning to show some signs of recovery. Now seems as good as time as any to see how it is doing in comparison to other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Iraq finds itself with an incredibly young and growing population, but with persistent health issues, and an oil dependent economy that needs to be diversified if it hopes to provide jobs and income for its people. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Out of the 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html#2001">Iraq has the fifth largest population at approximately 30,399,572 in 2011</a>. Only Morocco, Algeria, Iran, and Egypt have more people. Having a large population in the region is both a cost and a potential benefit. It can provide a large workforce, but at the same time huge demands upon the government to provide services and jobs for them. </div><div class="MsoNormal">  <style></style> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Population 2011</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Egypt</b> 82,079,636</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Iran</b> 77,891,220</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Algeria</b> 34,994,937</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Morocco</b> 31,968,361</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Iraq</b> 30,399,572</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Saudi Arabia</b> 26,131,703</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yemen</b> 24,133,492</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Syria</b> 22,517,750 (2010)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tunisia</b> 10,629,186</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Israel</b> 7,473,052 (2010)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Libya</b> 6,597,960</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jordan</b> 6,508,271</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UAE</b> 5,148,664</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Oman</b> 3,027,959</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kuwait</b> 2,595,628</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bahrain</b> 1,214,705</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Qatar</b> 848,016</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Iraq’s large populace is incredibly young, and getting younger. It has the second youngest median age in the region at 20.9 years old. Only Yemen at 18.1 has a lower median figure. Incredibly, the country is getting younger, with 38% of Iraqis only 14 years or under, a 2.399% population growth rate, the fourth highest in the region, and 28.81 births per 1,000 people, which is the second highest. This is a trend in much of the Middle East and North Africa with 13 out of 17 countries having a median age under 30. </div><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Median Age 2011</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yemen</b> 18.1</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Iraq </b>20.9</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Syria</b> 21.9</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jordan </b>22.1</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Oman</b> 24.1</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Egypt</b> 24.3</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Libya</b> 24.5</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Saudi Arabia</b> 25.3</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Iran</b> 26.8</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Morocco</b> 26.9</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Algeria</b> 27.6</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kuwait</b> 28.5</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Israel</b> 29.4</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tunisia</b> 30</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">UAE</b> 30.2</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Qatar</b> 30.8</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bahrain</b> 30.9</div><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 122px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2011</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Age Structure</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 43%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 54.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 2.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 38%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 58.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 3.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 35.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 59.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65_ 4.8%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 35.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 61%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65_ 3.8%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 32.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 62.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 4.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 32.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 62.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 4.5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 31.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 65.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 3.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 29.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 67.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 27.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 66.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 6.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 27.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 62.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 10.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 25.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 72.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 24.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 70.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 5.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 24.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 70.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 23.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 69.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 7.5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 21.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 76.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 1.5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 20.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 77%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 2.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="55"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0-14 20.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15-64 78.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65+ 0.9%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 113px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pop. Growth Rate</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.81%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.913%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.978%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.984%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.067%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.173%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.248%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.536%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.584%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.96%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.986%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.023%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.064%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.399%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.647%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.814%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.282%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 145px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 2011</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Birth Rate</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14.64 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15.48 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15.87 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16.69 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17.4 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">18.55 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.19 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.24 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.34 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21.32 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23.99 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24.04 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24.15 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24.63 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">26.79 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">28.81 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">33.49 per 1,000</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Iraq is towards the bottom in terms of urbanization at 66%. That is tied with Algeria for 12 out of the 17 regional nations. In comparison, most of the people in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States and Israel are anywhere from 82%-98% living in cities. With two famous rivers the Tigris and Euphrates running through it, and a history of agriculture dating back to the birth of civilization it should be no surprise that Iraq still has lots of people living in the countryside. Unfortunately, that lifestyle is running into huge environmental problems with a recent drought lasting several years, <a href="http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-219561781.html">increasing salinization</a>, and <a href="http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?155234-Water-shortage-threatens-Iraqi-agriculture-projects">neighboring countries building dams</a> that will only decrease the amount of water flowing through the country in coming years. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><style></style>  </div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 136px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Urbanization</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">32%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">43.4%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">56%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">58%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">66%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">66%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">67%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">71%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">73%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">78%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">79%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">82%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">84%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">89%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">92%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">96%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.2pt;" valign="top" width="67"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 68.7pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">98%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">One major problem that resulted from the international sanctions was the destruction of Iraq’s health care system. Many medicines and modern equipment were denied to the country under the guise that they could be used for the creation of weapons of mass destruction. It is just beginning to emerge from this period with the free flow of trade, and is trying to make up for those lost years. As a sign of that, it spends the highest percentage of its GDP, 9.7%, of any country in the Middle East and North Africa on health. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 241px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Health Expenditures</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.9% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.9% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.5% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.8% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.5% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.5% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.5% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.6% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.8% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.2% of GDP</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.4% of GDP  (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.6% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.8% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9.5% of GDP  (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 99.35pt;" valign="top" width="99"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 141.9pt;" valign="top" width="142"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9.7% of GDP (2009)</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The affects of the 1990s are still visible. Iraq ranks fifth worst in terms of maternal mortality rate with 75 deaths per 100,000 live births. Only Egypt, 83 deaths, Morocco, 110 deaths, Algeria, 120 deaths, and Yemen at a whopping 210 deaths, did worse. In contrast, only 10 mothers die on average per 100,000 births in the United Arab Emirates, only 8 in Qatar, and 7 in Israel. </div><style></style> <br /><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 194px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Maternal Mortality Rates</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10 death per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19 death per 100,000 per live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">30 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">46 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">59 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">60 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">64 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">75 deaths per 100,000 live births </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">82 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">110death per 100,000 live births (2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">120 deaths per 100,000 live births (2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 137.65pt;" valign="top" width="138"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">210 deaths per 100,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal">Iraq didn’t do much better with its infant mortality rate. It has the third worse rate at 41.68 deaths per 1,000 live births. Iran with 42.26 deaths and Yemen at 55.11 were at the bottom of the region. Again, these are both signs that Iraq still has a long way to go to repair its health care system. </div><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 131px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Infant Mortality Rate</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.12 deaths per 1,000 births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8.07 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.43 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.94 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.05 death per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15.47 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15.62 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16.16 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16.42 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20.09 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25.2 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25.82 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25.92 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">27.53 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">41.68 death per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">42.26 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">55.11 deaths per 1,000 live births</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">A third sign of its problems is Iraq’s low life expectancy. Iraqis live an average 70.55 years. That was the third lowest in the region. Yemen, 63.74, and Iran 70.06 had the shortest average life spans, while Bahrain, 78.15, Jordan, 80.05, and Israel, 80.96, had the highest. That showed that while Iraq has many children, they will on average, not live as long as many of their neighbors. The civil conflict and sanctions were two major factors that put Iraq towards the bottom in this category. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 154px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2011</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Life Expectancy</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">63.74</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">70.06</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">70.55</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">72.66</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74.11</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74.22</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74.5</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74.69</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">75.01 </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">75.7</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">75.9 </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">76.51</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">77.065</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">77.09</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">78.15</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">80.05</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 81.0pt;" valign="top" width="81"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">80.96</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Serviceable water and sanitation facilities can have a huge impact upon a country’s health as they help control the spread of diseases and sickness. Again, Iraq is almost at the bottom in both of these categories. Only 79% of Iraqis drink from an improved drinking source, which was third worse in the region, and only 73% used improved sanitation facilities, second worse. Improving major infrastructure such as pipes, and building waste water plants have been difficult for Iraq. The fighting in the country made such large projects almost impossible to complete <a href="http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2011/11/fallujah-waste-water-treatment-plant.html">such as the Waste Water Treatment Plant in Fallujah</a>. Now that the civil war is over, red tape, the lack of capacity, and budget execution by the government still hinders such work. That means Iraq will likely remain lacking in these services for the foreseeable future. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 167px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Drinking Water Source</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">54% improved, 46% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">62% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">38% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">79% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">81% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">83% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">88% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">89% improved, 11% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">89% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">93% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">94% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">96% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">99% improved, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">99% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 74.2pt;" valign="top" width="74"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 145px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sanitation Facility Access</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">N/A</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">52% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">48% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">73% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">27% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">69% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">31% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">83% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">85% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">87% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">94% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">95% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">96% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">97% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">97% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">98% improved</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2% unimproved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 86.6pt;" valign="top" width="87"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100% improved</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">A more recent casualty in Iraq was the school system. During the chaos that was unleashed by the fall of Saddam, it was unsafe for many children to get an education. Kids were routinely kidnapped and ransomed by gangs and militants to raise money. As a result, a whole generation of Iraqis might have missed out on their formative years to build up their skills. As a result, Iraq has a poor literacy rate of 74.1%, fifth lowest in the region. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 100px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Literacy</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">50.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">52.3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">69.9%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">71.4%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">74.3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">77%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">77.9%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">78.8%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">79.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">81.4%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">82.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">86.5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">89%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">89.9%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">93.3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">97.1%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">One thing that has finally begun to recover since 2003 is the Iraqi economy. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Purchasing Power Parity is a way to compare costs across different countries. From 2003-2008 Iraq’s economy declined, because the violence disrupted businesses and work. Since then, things have begun to get better. Today Iraq has a GDP Purchasing Power Parity figure of $113.4 billion in 2010, which places it right in the middle of the region. It is doing better than Syria, Tunisia, Libya, Oman, Yemen, Jordan, and Bahrain in that category. </div><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 122px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2010</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GDP</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Purchasing</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Power</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Parity</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$29.71 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$34.53 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$63.4 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$75.84 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$90.57 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$100 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$107.4 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$113.4 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$136.5 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$150.6 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$151.4 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$219.4 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$246.8 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$251.1 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$497.8 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$622 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$818.7 bil</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Its overall GDP was estimated at $82.15 billion in 2010, again placing it right in the middle of the Middle East and North Africa. Much of the growth in its economy is due to its oil industry, which has finally returned to pre-invasion levels. </div><style></style> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 118px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2010</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GDP</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$22.66 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$27.53 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$31.27 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$44.29 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$55.62 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$59.33 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$74.23 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$82.15 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$103.5 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">129.5 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$131.3 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$160.3 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$213.1 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$218.5 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$301.9 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$357.2 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">$443.7 bil</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">According to the Central Intelligence Agency, Iraq had a anemic 0.8% GDP growth rate in 2010. That was because of the lingering affects of the world recession. Since then, Iraq is expected to have one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The IMF for example, <a href="http://www.sigir.mil/publications/quarterlyreports/July2011.html">predicted that the GDP would grow 12.2% in 2011</a>. Again, this is because Baghdad has signed deals with foreign companies to develop its oil industry, which drives the entire country. </div><div class="MsoNormal">  <style></style> </div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 104px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2010</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GDP </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Growth</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Rate</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.8%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.7%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.7%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.1%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">16.3%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">The dominance of petroleum is shown by what contributes to Iraq’s GDP. 60.5% comes from industry, <a href="http://www.sigir.mil/publications/quarterlyreports/January2011.html">58% of which is oil</a>. Another 9.7% comes from agriculture, which is still one of the largest employers in Iraq. Finally services, contribute 29.8%. Similar trends are apparent in other major oil producing countries from the region. </div><div class="MsoNormal">  <style></style> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 167px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2011</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">GDP</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">By Sector</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 9.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 60.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 29.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 8.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 61.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 30.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 0.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 58%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 41.5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 14%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 35.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 48.3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 10.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 41.2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 47.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 2.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 32.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 65%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 4.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 30.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 65.3%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 0.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 48%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 51.7%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 2.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 66.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 30.5%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 17.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 31.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 51.4%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 1.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 51%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 47.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 0.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 71.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 28.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 2.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 61.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 35.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 17.1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 27.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 55.7%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 10.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 34.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 54.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 0.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 55.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 43.6%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.85pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 88.55pt;" valign="top" width="89"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 8.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 38.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 53.3%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Because Iraq has such a large population it has a large work force. There are approximately 8.5 million laborers in Iraq, the fifth most in the region. Only Algeria, 10.81 million, Morocco, 11.44 million, Iran, 25.7 million, and Egypt, 26.2 million, have more people at work. Because of its high population growth rate, it is adding hundreds of thousands of new workers to the economy each year as well, placing huge strains on the economy to find gainful employment for them. <span style="display: none;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 127px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Labor Force</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">654,900</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">968,800</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.242 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.719 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.728 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.158 mil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.147 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.705 mil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.769 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.529 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.823 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7.337 mil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8.5 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.81 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.44 mil </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25.7 mil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">26.2 mil </span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The problems with having an oil dependent country are shown in what fields people work in. In 2008, services were the largest employer at 59.8%, but that sector only contributes 29.8% of the GDP. 21.6% also work in agriculture, which is less than 10% of GDP. 18.7% work in industry, which would seem to point out that a large number of people find work in the petroleum and related businesses, but that would be untrue. <a href="http://www.sigir.mil/publications/quarterlyreports/October2011.html">That only employs 1% of workers</a>, and almost 58% of the GDP. Most of the country’s industrial workers are at state-run businesses, which specialize in useless employees who are simply given jobs to keep people off the streets, or for political patronage. Again, this is a common problem amongst many of the oil dependent countries in the region. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 149px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Labor Force by Occupation</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 21.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 18.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 59.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 14%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 13.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Construction 10%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Trade 14.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Government 32%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2003)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 1%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 79%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 20%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(1997)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 32%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 17%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 51%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2001)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 25%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 31%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 45%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2007)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 2%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 16%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 82%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 2.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 20%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 77.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2007)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 17%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 23%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 59%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2004)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 44.6%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 19.8%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 35.5%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2006)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 6.7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 21.4%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 71.9%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 17%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 16%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 67%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 18.3%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 31.9%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 49.8%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Agriculture 7%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Industry 15%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Services 78%</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2000)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.75pt;" valign="top" width="57"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 92.65pt;" valign="top" width="93"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">That also has an affect upon people finding work. In 2009, Iraq had a 15.3% jobless rate. Recently, a survey done by the Iraqi government and United Nations found that <a href="http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2012/01/baghdad-still-looking-towards.html">the jobless rate had gone down to 11% in 2011</a>, but unofficially the rate is at 30%. Underemployment is even higher. That places Iraq towards the bottom in finding jobs for people, with only Libya and Yemen doing worse. Obviously, with the largest business in Iraq, providing hardly any work opportunities causes tremendous strains upon the country. Until it diversifies its economy, this will continue. Instead of trying to find new industries however, Baghdad has just attempted to create more public sector work, which does not solve anything, because many of these positions are useless, and only adds to underemployment. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 145px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Unemployment</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.5% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.2% (2004)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.4% (2001)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.7% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">8.3% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9.1% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.8% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.5% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13.2% (2010)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15% (2004)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15% (2005)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15.3% (2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">30% (2004)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">35% (2003)</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Along with high unemployment, Iraq also suffers from high rates of poverty. In 2008, 25% of the population was below the poverty line, <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0524/Iraq-s-Arab-Spring-Protests-rise-against-persistent-poverty-in-oil-rich-nation">which is just $2 per day</a>. That is the third worse rate out of the figures available in the region. Poverty is said to be shallow in Iraq however, which means a small increase in income would raise a large number of people up out of the bottom. (1) Again, a major problem in the government’s anti-poverty programs <a href="http://aknews.com/en/aknews/2/267570/">is reliance upon public sector jobs</a>. Better solutions have been proposed by government agencies, but Iraq has a bad rate of implementing its development plans, while making more government positions is much easier. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 149px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pop. Below poverty level</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.8% (2005)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.9% (2006)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14.2% (2002)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15% (2007)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; text-indent: -.5in;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">18% (2007)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.5% (2003)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">20% (2005)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23% (2006)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">23.6% (2007)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25% (2008)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Approx. 33%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">45.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 76.5pt;" valign="top" width="77"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NA</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">An economic issue that has recently improved for Iraq is inflation. The insurgency and civil war shot up prices in the country. It has only just recovered from this, and inflation stood at a modest 2.4% in 2010. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 118px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2010</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Inflation Rate</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-2.4% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0.9%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.4% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.5% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.7% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.2%</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.9% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.4% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.4% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.4% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.1% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.1% </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 49.5pt;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.2%</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Electricity is another service that has suffered since the 1990 invasion of Kuwait. During the 1991 Gulf War, <a href="http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2010/06/basra-protest-over-lack-of-electricity.html">the Coalition bombed the power network to try to undermine Saddam</a>. This was partially rebuilt afterward. Then after the 2003 American invasion, the power grid became a target of insurgents. Despite that, <a href="http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2010/06/iraqi-government-makes-first-attempt-to.html">electricity output has steadily increased</a>. The problem is that so has consumption, which has taken off at an even higher rate. That’s because Iraqis have been able to buy a wide variety of consumer goods since 2003 that were once denied them under sanctions such as refrigerators and air conditioners. Most Iraqis also do not pay electricity bills, so there is no control over usage. Together this means that Iraq does not produce enough power to meet demand, which leads to a reliance upon private generators. There are also constant blackouts through much of the country. It was no surprise then when electricity became a major cause of protests in Iraq in 2010 and 2011. <a href="http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2011/11/iraqs-plans-to-boost-electricity-supply.html">The government’s plans to build new power plants to finally fix this problem have largely failed</a>, because the bureaucracy cannot handle such large projects for a variety of reasons. That’s why Iraq is one of only two countries, Morocco, being the other in the Middle East and North Africa that has a power deficit. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 280px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Power Production</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Power Consumption</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Difference</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">46.39 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">52 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-5.61 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.49 bil</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">21.47 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-1.98 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">19.18 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">18.79 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+0.38 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.22 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.48 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+0.74 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.153 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.646 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+1.507 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13.01 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.3 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+1.71 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14.4 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.49 bil kilowatt/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+1.91 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">26.95 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">22.89 bil</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+4.06 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">17.63 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">13.25 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+4.38 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">53.04 bil kilowatts</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">47.16 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+5.88 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">212.8 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">206.7 bil kilowatts/hr (2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+6.1 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">49.82 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">42.58 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+7.24 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">40.11 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">30.5 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+9.61 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">38.71 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">28.99 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+9.72 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">80.94 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">70.58 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+10.36 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">123.9 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">109.1 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+14.8 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 75.55pt;" valign="top" width="76"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 69.35pt;" valign="top" width="69"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">194.4 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">174.5 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2008)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">+19.9 bil kilowatts/hr</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Even with all of the conflict, political disputes, and aging infrastructure, Iraq is still one of the largest oil producers and exporters in the region. It is the 5<sup>th</sup> largest producer overall. After it signed a number of deals with foreign companies, the Oil Ministry announced aspirations to surpass Iran and Saudi Arabia who are the two largest producers in the Middle East. It will probably take a decade to reach Iran’s level because of Iraq’s bureaucracy, politics, and delays in development projects that are endemic to the country. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 190px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oil Prod.</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oil Exp.</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">88 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0 bar/day</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3,938 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25,090 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4,029 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">86,010 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">83,720 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">91,200 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">46,430 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">239,900 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">258,800 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">207,700 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">401,000 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">263,000 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">662,600 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">163,000</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">867,900 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">592,300 bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.437 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.038 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.789 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.385 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.078 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.694 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.408 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.91 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.45 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.127 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.813 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.395 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.252 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.523 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.52 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2010)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 58.5pt;" valign="top" width="59"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7.635 mil/bar/day</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">The reason Iraq wants to move towards the top of oil producing countries is that it has huge untapped oil reserves. At 115 billion barrels, it has the fourth most proven reserves in the Middle East and North Africa. It could have even more if more exploration work was done. Much of this is untapped potential however, since it does not have the infrastructure at this date to exploit all of this oil. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 118px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oil Reserves</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">680,000 bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1 mil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">425 mil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.94 mil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.5 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.4 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5.5 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.2 bil</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25.38 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">46.42 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">97.8 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">104 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">115 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">124.6 mil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">137 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .7in;" valign="top" width="50"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">262.6 bil/bar</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">All of the countries in the region also have large natural gas reserves. Iraq would like to exploit this resource more, and eventually export it. It is just beginning to sign deals with foreign companies to achieve that. Iraq has the 6<sup>th</sup> largest gas reserves in region at 3.17 trillion cubic meters. Only 1.149 billion cubic meters were actually produced in 2009, because it lacks the pipelines and storage facilities to use much more. Most of the gas produced in Iraq comes from the extraction of oil, and is burned off. This is a huge waste of resources and money. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 163px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2011</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Natural Gas Proven Reserves</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.444 bil cu. meters </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.031 bil cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">65.13 bil cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">92.03 bil cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">198.2 bil cu. meters </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">240.7 bil cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">478.5 bil cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">849.5 bil cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.548 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.798 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Egypt</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.186 tril cu. meters </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.17 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Algeria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.502 tril cu. meters </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UAE</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.453 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Saudi Arabia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7.807 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Qatar</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25.37 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iran</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 94.5pt;" valign="top" width="95"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">29.61 tril cu. meters</span></div></td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none; width: 284px;"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Natural Gas Prod</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Natural Gas Cons.</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Natural Gas Exports</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Natural Gas Imports</span></b></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Morocco</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">60 mil cu. Meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">560 mil cu. Meters (2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">500 mil cu. Meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Jordan</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">250 mil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.1 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">92009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2.85 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Yemen</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">520 mil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">100 mil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">420 mil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0 </span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Iraq</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.149 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.149 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Israel</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.55 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.25 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.7 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tunisia</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3.6 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.85 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1.25 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Syria</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.19 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">7.1 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">910 mil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kuwait</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.49 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.38 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">890 mil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bahrain</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.58 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">12.58 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Libya</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">15.9 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6.01 bil cu. meters (2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">9.89 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">0</span></div></td> </tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .95in;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Oman</span></b></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.0pt;" valign="top" width="63"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">24.76 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: .75in;" valign="top" width="54"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">14.72 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 45.0pt;" valign="top" width="45"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">11.54 bil cu. meters</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2009)</span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padd