Urban in the Regions
Snapshot of Middle East and North Africa

Regional Urban Statistics and Projections

Percent of Populations Living in Urban Areas (1996)
Arab Emirates Algeria Egypt Iran Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia Yemen	84% 56% 45% 60% 72% 87% 86% 49% 73% 83% 53% 63% 34%
10 of 13 countries > 50% urban

Size of Urban Populations, Year 1996 (millions)
Arab Emirates Algeria Egypt Iran Jordan Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia Yemen	2.1 16.2 26.6 37.2 3.1 3.6 4.4 14.2 3.2 16.2 7.6 5.7    5.4 145.5

Percent of GDP Urban, 1996
Algeria Egypt Iran Morocco	54% 75% 62% 70%

Snapshot on Investment and Private Capital Flows into the Region

On average only a 3% of GDP put into infrastructure investments.
Only 1% of total private capital flows gone into this region.
During coming decade, estimated 350 billion (5% GDP) needed to meet basic service coverage gaps, 70% in urban areas.

Sources: World Bank and United Nations 1996 projections revised; World Development Indicators, 1998; world resources Report 1998-99.