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Renewable share of electricity output, latest year

World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0
Jordan24.92 % 2021
Morocco19.32 % 2021
Egypt, Arab Rep.12.2 % 2021
United Arab Emirates4.2 % 2021
Oman1.92 % 2021
Qatar0.28 % 2021
Kuwait0.27 % 2021
Saudi Arabia0.07 % 2021
Bahrain0.04 % 2021

Latest available year per country; vintages differ, so the year is shown against every value.

International tourist arrivals, latest year

World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0
Saudi Arabia20,292,000 arrivals 2019
Egypt, Arab Rep.13,026,000 arrivals 2019
United Arab Emirates8,084,000 arrivals 2020
Morocco2,802,000 arrivals 2020
Kuwait2,161,000 arrivals 2020
Bahrain1,909,000 arrivals 2020
Jordan1,240,000 arrivals 2020
Oman869,000 arrivals 2020
Qatar582,000 arrivals 2020

Latest available year per country; vintages differ, so the year is shown against every value.

Merchandise exports, latest year

World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0
United Arab Emirates706,671,000,000 USD 2025
Saudi Arabia310,672,000,000 USD 2025
Qatar88,771,000,000 USD 2025
Kuwait72,073,000,000 USD 2025
Oman55,276,000,000 USD 2025
Egypt, Arab Rep.51,403,000,000 USD 2025
Morocco49,777,000,000 USD 2025
Bahrain26,456,000,000 USD 2025
Jordan14,913,000,000 USD 2025

Latest available year per country; vintages differ, so the year is shown against every value.

Currencies per US dollar

Currency API · 19 October 2026
UAE dirham3.6725Saudi riyal3.75Qatari riyal3.64Kuwaiti dinar0.3108Omani rial0.385Bahraini dinar0.376Egyptian pound53.4609Jordanian dinar0.709Moroccan dirham9.7485

Gulf currencies are pegged; the row records the rate, not a movement.

The Monitor shows commercial and physical data only. It carries no military, conflict, security or political layer, and no port throughput, call count or utilisation series for any country. Chokepoint level data is transit counts recorded at the strait or canal. See Method.