Middle East: Economic Competitiveness Rating

Footnote

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Israel	5.20
Kuwait	4.66
Qatar	4.63
Tunisia	4.59
Saudi Arabia	4.55
UAE	4.50
Oman	4.43
Bahrain	4.42
Jordan	4.32
Morocco	4.08
Egypt	3.96
Algeria	3.91
Syria	3.91
Libya	3.85

Middle East: Economic growth competiveness index

The Growth Competitiveness Index (GCI), aims to quantify the quality of the macroeconomic environment, the state of a country’s public institutions, and its level of technological readiness.

Higher competitiveness scores are more desirable:

• Very High – 5.51 to 7
• High – 4.51 to 5.50
• Moderate – 3.51 to 4.50
• Low - 3.01 to 3.50
• Very Low – 0 to 3.00

Source: World Economic Forum

Statistics for the Middle-East. In the Middle East, only Israel publishes official house price time-series. But there are good general economics statistics in some Middle Eastern countries.