Middle East & North Africa 2000 Economic and social context Population (millions) Urban population (% of total) GNI per capita, World Bank Atlas method ($) GDP growth, 1995–2000 and 2000–09 (avg. annual %) Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and older) Gross primary, secondary, and tertiary enrollment (%)
2009
280 55 1,617 4.5 68 66
331 58 3,597 4.7 74 69
1.9 139 39.8
3.1 880 23.6
8.5 2.2 0.1 2.5 ..
15.8 67.4 2.0 5.7 ..
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.. .. 21.5
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93 22.6 323
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3.0 6.3 22.7
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0.20 2.4
Structure Separate telecommunications regulator Status of main fixed-line telephone operator Level of competition (competition, partial comp., monopoly) International long distance service Mobile telephone service Internet service Efficiency and capacity Telecommunications revenue (% of GDP) Mobile cellular and fixed-line subscribers per employee Telecommunications investment (% of revenue) Performance Access Telephone lines (per 100 people) Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people) Personal computers (per 100 people) Households with a television (%) Usage International voice traffic total (minutes per person per month) Mobile telephone usage (minutes per user per month) Internet users (per 100 people) Quality Population covered by mobile cellular network (%) Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (% of total subscribers) International Internet bandwidth (bits per second per person) Affordability Residential fixed line tariff ($ a month) Mobile cellular prepaid tariff ($ a month) Fixed broadband Internet access tariff ($ a month) Trade ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) ICT goods imports (% of total goods imports) ICT service exports (% of total service exports) Applications E-gov’t Web measure index (0–1, 1=highest presence) Secure Internet servers (per million people)
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