(cont.)
Switching On The Lights
( The Economic Scene)
lAverage
GDP is 3,3 (1975-1998) after it had reached 8.6% (1975-1980)
lGDP of
all Arab countries is 531.2 Billion $ (less than
Spain alone: 595.5 Billion)
lAverage
Unemployment is 15% (among the highest in the
world)
lAverage
Growth Rate is less than 5% (Minimum required
to absorb existing and future unemployed)
lOne of
each five live on less than 2 Dollars/day (impoverished
level as set by the World Bank)