MENA median 57 10.0 2.3 12,183 74.4 7.2 26.2 27.3 71 16

Algeria 105 10.0 2.2 7,104 74.0 7.2 26.2 11.9 50 16

Bahrain 48 10.0 0.7 26,808 76.0 9.4 28.1 51.9 n/a n/a

Egypt 98 10.0 2.7 6,367 70.5 6.5 23.9 16.6 60 12

Jordan 50 13.0 3.7 5,659 73.1 8.6 22.8 27.4 75 14

Kuwait 54 1.6 0.4 38,293 77.9 6.1 30.6 36.7 80 24

Libya 146 30.0 2.5 14,878 74.5 7.3 26.2 5.1 n/a n/a

Morocco 85 9.6 3.8 4,773 71.8 4.4 26.2 33.0 71 6

Oman 41 10.0 2.6 26,198 76.1 n/a 24.3 20.0 na n/a

Qatar 19 0.5 2.4 88,233 76.0 7.3 30.1 34.0 77 24

Saudi Arabia 50 10.5 0.8 23,743 73.3 7.8 24.6 31.3 60 22

Syria 127 12.0 1.8 5,108 74.6 4.9 22.5 17.3 72 10

Tunisia 59 13.2 3.5 9,489 74.3 6.5 29.1 27.1 70 16

UAE 28 3.0 -0.1 36,973 77.7 9.2 31.7 65.2 83 16

Yemen 146 35.0 1.1 2,596 63.9 2.5 17.8 1.6 62 9

Note. I = Corruption rank; out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2010 (highest is most corrupt). II =

Unemployment rate (%). III = % growth of GDP per head, 2001-20. IV = GDP per head (US$ at PPP). V = Life expectancy (years). VI = Mean years of

schooling. VII = Median age. VIII = Internet users per 100 people, 2008. IX = % satisfaction with freedom of choice, according to a Gallup survey

in 2009. X = % who voiced opinions to officials, according to a Gallup survey in 2008.

Sources: Economist Intelligence Unit; Transparency International; IMF; UN Development Programme; World Bank.

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by agreeing to a big hike in the cost of gas imported from Russia, ending a dispute that saw Russia

briefly cut off supplies to western Europe (which are transported through Ukraine). As well as being

jailed for seven years, Ms Tymoshenko was ordered to repay the US$190m that the judge said her

deal had cost the state energy company. In addition to Ms Tymoshenko, other high-ranking officials

from her government face prosecution, in what amounts to a deliberate targeting of the opposition.

In other signs of backsliding on democracy, the president can now determine the candidacy of the

prime minister independently of parliament, appoint and dismiss cabinet members, and dismiss the

government without parliament’s consent.

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