Data highlights

By mid-2015, the Arab region was home to 392.4 million inhabitants representing 5% of the world population and growing by 2% in 2015. Read More

Despite the protracted humanitarian and economic situation, the Arab region’s average ‪maternal mortality rate has decreased from 238 per 100,000 live births in 2000 to 156 per 100,000 live births in 2015, compared to a world average of 216 per 100,000 live births in 2015. The regional maternal mortality rate hides high discrepancies between Arab countries, with maternal mortality ranging from 4 per 100,000 live births in Kuwait to 732 per 100,000 live births in Somalia in 2015.Read More

By mid-2015, the Arab region hosted 11.6 million ‪refugees and was home to 16.7 million internally ‪‎displaced persons (IDPs), representing 58% of world refugees and making up 47% of the world ‪IDPs.Read More