The MEED Projects index decreased by 0.5 per cent in the week to 5 April.
All GCC countries witnessed decreases in deal volume with the exception of Qatar. The total value of projects on hold is now over $652bn and the index is down 9.3 per cent on the previous year.
Value of projects planned or under way in the Gulf
| Value of projects planned and under way on 5 April 2010 ($m) | Value of projects planned and under way on 29 March 2010 ($m) | % change on week | Value of projects planned and under way on 5 April 2009 ($m) | % change on year | Value of on hold projects on 5 April 2010 ($m) | |
| Bahrain | 65,874 | 67,569 | -2.5% | 67,899 | -3.0% | 65,874 |
| Kuwait | 281,143 | 289,532 | -2.9% | 308,726 | -8.9% | 24,813 |
| Oman | 102,894 | 104,934 | -1.9% | 108,863 | -5.5% | 8,970 |
| Qatar | 221,613 | 221,398 | 0.1% | 221,289 | 0.1% | 25,211 |
| Saudi Arabia | 621,169 | 622,624 | -0.2% | 644,953 | -3.7% | 72,037 |
| UAE | 965,086 | 966,764 | -0.2% | 1,307,945 | -26.2% | 480,195 |
| GCC total | 2,257,779 | 2,272,821 | -0.7% | 2,659,675 | -15.1% | 626,769 |
| Iran | 335,442 | 335,442 | 0.0% | 295,466 | 13.5% | 4,800 |
| Iraq | 229,074 | 229,074 | 0.0% | 156,325 | 46.5% | 21,000 |
| Gulf total | 2,822,295 | 2,835,201 | -0.5% | 3,111,466 | -9.3% | 652,569 |
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