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Middle East sovereign ratings

Country Moody’s Standard & Poor’s Fitch
Bahrain Baa1 BBB BBB
Egypt B1 - BB
Jordan Ba2 BB -
Kuwait Aa2 AA AA
Lebanon B1 B B
Morocco - BBB- BBB-
Oman A1 A -
Qatar Aa2 AA -
Saudi Arabia Aa3 AA- AA-
Tunisia - BBB- -
UAE Aa2    
UAE (Abu Dhabi) Aa2 AA AA
UAE (Ras al-Khaimah) - A A
Note: As of 4 December 2011. Source: Ratings agencies

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Real GDP Growth (%)

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Country 2010 2011f 2012f

Algeria

 3.3 3.6 3.2

Bahrain

 4.1 3.1 5.1
Egypt 5.1 1 4
Gaza/ West Bank 9.3 9 10
Iran 1 0 3
Iraq 0.8 9.6 12.6
Jordan 3.1 3.3 3.9
Kuwait 2 5.3 5.2
Lebanon 7.5 2.5 5
Libya 4.2 na na
Morocco 3.2 3.9 4.6
Oman 4.2 4.4 4.1
Qatar 16.3 20 7.1
Saudi Arabia 3.7 7.5 3
Sudan 5.1 4.7 5.6
Syria 3.2 3 5.1
Tunisia 3.7 1.3 5.6
UAE 3.2 3.3 3.8
Yemen 8 3.4 4
f=forecast; na=Not Available.
Source: IMF

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