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Trade & investment in Middle East & North Africa: how the countries rank

How open economies are: exports, imports, investment, remittances and tourism. 13 indicators for the 23 economies of Middle East & North Africa, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Exports41.1%group, 2023 · world 29.5%Imports38.4%group, 2024 · world 28.5%Trade openness57.2%group, 2025 · world 68.5%Current account-0.6%median countryMerchandise exports$1.8tngroup, 2025 · world $26.4tnHigh-tech exports8.6%group, 2023 · world 24.7%Fuel exports68.5%group, 2023 · world 9.5%Food exports4.1%group, 2023 · world 9.0%
Exports
Middle East & North AfricaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0%20%40%60%1995200020052010201520202025Middle East & North Africa41.1%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
Imports
Middle East & North AfricaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
0%20%40%60%1995200020052010201520202025Middle East & North Africa38.4%WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
countries

All 23 economies, trade & investment

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its trade & investment profile.

23 shown
CountryExportsImportsTrade opennessCurrent accountMerchandise exportsHigh-tech exportsFuel exportsFood exports
Malta119.1%#1 · 202599.9%#1 · 2025219.0%#1 · 20257.1%#5 · 2024$3.8bn#19 · 202545.2%#1 · 20248.6%#10 · 20259.9%#10 · 2025
Djibouti110.5%#2 · 202595.8%#2 · 2025206.3%#2 · 202514.7%#4 · 2024$6.1bn#17 · 20253.3%#9 · 20231.0%#15 · 202341.5%#2 · 2023
United Arab Emirates106.8%#3 · 202392.2%#3 · 2023199.0%#3 · 202315.7%#2 · 2024$707bn#1 · 20259.0%#4 · 202368.2%#7 · 20232.9%#14 · 2023
Bahrain87.5%#4 · 202470.0%#4 · 2024157.5%#4 · 20245.8%#6 · 2025$26.5bn#14 · 20250.4%#18 · 20230.0%#20 · 20248.7%#11 · 2024
Libya71.7%#5 · 202565.9%#6 · 2025137.7%#5 · 20254.2%#7 · 2023$30.1bn#13 · 20250.6%#16 · 2019——
Qatar68.6%#6 · 202231.6%#15 · 2022100.2%#8 · 202214.8%#3 · 2025$88.8bn#5 · 20252.8%#11 · 202483.8%#4 · 20240.1%#20 · 2024
Oman66.1%#7 · 202448.8%#11 · 2024114.9%#6 · 2024-1.1%#11 · 2025$55.3bn#8 · 20255.0%#7 · 202372.4%#6 · 20254.3%#13 · 2025
Kuwait55.8%#8 · 202438.2%#12 · 202494.0%#9 · 202422.7%#1 · 2025$72.1bn#6 · 202510.2%#3 · 202493.0%#3 · 20250.6%#17 · 2025
Tunisia46.7%#9 · 202554.8%#8 · 2025101.4%#7 · 2025-2.3%#12 · 2025$21.3bn#15 · 20257.7%#5 · 20236.2%#12 · 202414.7%#8 · 2024
Morocco42.0%#10 · 202551.1%#10 · 202593.1%#10 · 2025-2.5%#13 · 2025$49.8bn#10 · 20255.4%#6 · 20230.7%#16 · 202512.1%#9 · 2025
Iraq39.8%#11 · 202437.4%#13 · 202477.1%#13 · 20241.9%#9 · 2025$92.9bn#4 · 2025—99.0%#1 · 20240.5%#19 · 2024
Saudi Arabia29.7%#12 · 202528.2%#18 · 202557.9%#16 · 2025-2.6%#14 · 2025$311bn#2 · 20250.5%#17 · 202478.7%#5 · 20252.2%#15 · 2025
Israel27.6%#13 · 202525.4%#19 · 202553.0%#17 · 20252.0%#8 · 2025$59.0bn#7 · 202537.2%#2 · 20245.3%#13 · 20222.2%#16 · 2025
Iran25.8%#14 · 202534.5%#14 · 202560.2%#15 · 2025—$113bn#3 · 20250.8%#15 · 202268.0%#8 · 20235.6%#12 · 2023
Lebanon23.3%#15 · 202458.9%#7 · 202482.2%#12 · 2024-28.1%#20 · 2023$4.6bn#18 · 20252.9%#10 · 20247.7%#11 · 202419.1%#5 · 2024
West Bank and Gaza21.2%#16 · 202553.5%#9 · 202574.8%#14 · 2025-15.8%#19 · 2025—1.8%#14 · 20230.1%#18 · 202321.4%#4 · 2023
Egypt19.8%#17 · 202531.5%#16 · 202551.3%#18 · 2025-3.8%#15 · 2025$51.4bn#9 · 20253.8%#8 · 20249.8%#9 · 202521.6%#3 · 2025
Algeria16.8%#18 · 202522.1%#20 · 202539.0%#19 · 2025-8.8%#17 · 2025$45.4bn#11 · 2025—93.1%#2 · 20240.5%#18 · 2024
Afghanistan15.7%#19 · 202468.1%#5 · 202483.8%#11 · 2024-15.7%#18 · 2020$926m#21 · 20250.0%#19 · 2019——
Pakistan10.0%#20 · 202517.2%#21 · 202527.2%#21 · 2025-0.1%#10 · 2025$30.5bn#12 · 20252.4%#12 · 20242.4%#14 · 202518.2%#6 · 2025
Syria6.8%#21 · 202228.7%#17 · 202235.4%#20 · 2022—$3.4bn#20 · 2025———
Jordan———-5.3%#16 · 2024$14.9bn#16 · 20252.1%#13 · 20230.3%#17 · 202417.6%#7 · 2024
Yemen————$196m#22 · 2025—0.0%#19 · 202463.4%#1 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Exports21 countries
  1. 1Malta119.1%2025
  2. 2Djibouti110.5%2025
  3. 3United Arab Emirates106.8%2023
Lowest
  1. 21Syria6.8%2022
  2. 20Pakistan10.0%2025
  3. 19Afghanistan15.7%2024
Median country 39.8% · group 41.1%
Imports21 countries
  1. 1Malta99.9%2025
  2. 2Djibouti95.8%2025
  3. 3United Arab Emirates92.2%2023
Lowest
  1. 21Pakistan17.2%2025
  2. 20Algeria22.1%2025
  3. 19Israel25.4%2025
Median country 48.8% · group 38.4%
Trade openness21 countries
  1. 1Malta219.0%2025
  2. 2Djibouti206.3%2025
  3. 3United Arab Emirates199.0%2023
Lowest
  1. 21Pakistan27.2%2025
  2. 20Syria35.4%2022
  3. 19Algeria39.0%2025
Median country 83.8% · group 57.2%
Current account20 countries
  1. 1Kuwait22.7%2025
  2. 2United Arab Emirates15.7%2024
  3. 3Qatar14.8%2025
Lowest
  1. 20Lebanon-28.1%2023
  2. 19West Bank and Gaza-15.8%2025
  3. 18Afghanistan-15.7%2020
Median country -0.6%
Merchandise exports22 countries
  1. 1United Arab Emirates$707bn2025
  2. 2Saudi Arabia$311bn2025
  3. 3Iran$113bn2025
Lowest
  1. 22Yemen$196m2025
  2. 21Afghanistan$926m2025
  3. 20Syria$3.4bn2025
Median country $38.0bn · group $1.8tn
High-tech exports19 countries
  1. 1Malta45.2%2024
  2. 2Israel37.2%2024
  3. 3Kuwait10.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 19Afghanistan0.0%2019
  2. 18Bahrain0.4%2023
  3. 17Saudi Arabia0.5%2024
Median country 2.9% · group 8.6%
Fuel exports20 countries
  1. 1Iraq99.0%2024
  2. 2Algeria93.1%2024
  3. 3Kuwait93.0%2025
Lowest
  1. 20Bahrain0.0%2024
  2. 19Yemen0.0%2024
  3. 18West Bank and Gaza0.1%2023
Median country 8.2% · group 68.5%
Food exports20 countries
  1. 1Yemen63.4%2024
  2. 2Djibouti41.5%2023
  3. 3Egypt21.6%2025
Lowest
  1. 20Qatar0.1%2024
  2. 19Iraq0.5%2024
  3. 18Algeria0.5%2024
Median country 9.3% · group 4.1%
Average tariff20 countries
  1. 1Iran12.1%2020
  2. 2Egypt10.4%2019
  3. 3Algeria9.2%2022
Lowest
  1. 20Malta1.3%2022
  2. 19Oman2.1%2022
  3. 18West Bank and Gaza2.2%2017
Median country 4.0%
FDI inflows21 countries
  1. 1Malta51.7%2025
  2. 2United Arab Emirates8.3%2024
  3. 3Lebanon6.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 21Iraq-3.0%2025
  2. 20Afghanistan0.1%2021
  3. 19Kuwait0.3%2025
Median country 1.9% · group 2.3%
Remittances17 countries
  1. 1Lebanon33.3%2023
  2. 2Egypt11.4%2025
  3. 3Pakistan9.9%2025
Lowest
  1. 17Kuwait0.0%2025
  2. 16Saudi Arabia0.0%2025
  3. 15Oman0.0%2025
Median country 1.3% · group 2.7%
Tourist arrivals18 countries
  1. 1Saudi Arabia20.3m2019
  2. 2Egypt13.0m2019
  3. 3United Arab Emirates8.1m2020
Lowest
  1. 18West Bank and Gaza93,0002020
  2. 17Yemen398,0002015
  3. 16Qatar582,0002020
Median country 1.9m · group 153m
Tourism receipts20 countries
  1. 1United Arab Emirates$24.6bn2020
  2. 2Qatar$14.3bn2020
  3. 3Saudi Arabia$6.0bn2020
Lowest
  1. 20Algeria$50.0m2020
  2. 19Djibouti$57.0m2018
  3. 18Afghanistan$75.0m2020
Median country $981m · group $145bn
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