8 reports across 1 categories. Researched figures and forecasts are supplied with purchase.
| Measure | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Qatar | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria | Yemen | Palestine | Morocco | Sudan | Afghanistan | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (adults) % of adults | 20.8 2022 | 26.1 2022 | 25.8 2022 | 27.8 2022 | 25.5 2022 | 18.4 2022 | 19.4 2022 | 21.7 2022 | 18.3 2022 | 19.7 2022 | 18.7 2022 | 10.7 2022 | 25.3 2022 | 30.9 2022 |
| Obesity (adults) % of adults | 40.1 2024 | 31.6 2024 | 42.0 2024 | 43.9 2024 | 39.7 2024 | 35.4 2024 | 30.7 2024 | 33.0 2024 | 13.3 2024 | 37.4 2024 | 21.6 2024 | 17.8 2024 | 20.6 2024 | 24.5 2024 |
| High blood pressure (ages 30–79) % of adults 30–79 | 34.0 2019 | 41.4 2019 | 40.9 2019 | 38.2 2019 | 48.1 2019 | 37.7 2019 | 38.1 2019 | 41.1 2019 | 29.3 2019 | 39.1 2019 | 35.3 2019 | 40.8 2019 | 40.2 2019 | 43.2 2019 |
| Anaemia in women 15–49 % of women | 17.6 2023 | 28.2 2023 | 23.6 2023 | 32.7 2023 | 27.1 2023 | 33.0 2023 | 34.0 2023 | 31.0 2023 | 36.4 2023 | 24.8 2023 | 29.5 2023 | 34.0 2023 | 45.4 2023 | 46.5 2023 |
| Universal health coverage index index (0–100) | 83 2023 | 84 2023 | 84 2023 | 71 2023 | 64 2023 | 74 2023 | 67 2023 | 70 2023 | 43 2023 | 65 2023 | 65 2023 | 48 2023 | 42 2023 | 56 2023 |
| Road traffic deaths per 100,000 people | 14.7 2023 | 5.1 2023 | 7.3 2023 | 7.9 2023 | 20.4 2023 | 13.7 2023 | 6.9 2023 | 31.7 2023 | 29.6 2023 | 4.0 2023 | 16.2 2023 | 18.9 2023 | 22.9 2023 | 11.3 2023 |
| Healthy life expectancy years | 66.5 2023 | 70.2 2023 | 69.3 2023 | 61.6 2023 | 62.4 2023 | 68.6 2023 | 66.0 2023 | 61.3 2023 | 57.9 2023 | 54.3 2023 | 64.6 2023 | 57.8 2023 | 53.3 2023 | 58.4 2023 |
| Early deaths from long-term diseases % | 14.4 2023 | 6.8 2023 | 6.9 2023 | 25.0 2023 | 20.2 2023 | 11.2 2023 | 12.6 2023 | 18.9 2023 | 25.6 2023 | 13.9 2023 | 18.8 2023 | 22.4 2023 | 32.8 2023 | 24.0 2023 |
| Tobacco use (adults) % of adults | 14.7 2025 | 8.8 2025 | 12.6 2025 | 25.4 2025 | 20.1 2025 | 34.0 2025 | 47.4 2025 | – | – | 35.9 2025 | 12.3 2025 | – | 21.7 2025 | 17.4 2025 |
| Not active enough (adults) % of adults | 51.5 2022 | 66.1 2022 | 53.5 2022 | 33.8 2022 | 52.0 2022 | 28.2 2022 | 58.6 2022 | 37.8 2022 | 29.2 2022 | 29.7 2022 | 24.5 2022 | 19.1 2022 | 33.4 2022 | 45.7 2022 |
| Alcohol drunk per person litres of pure alcohol (15+) | – | 0.6 2024 | 1.3 2024 | 0.1 2024 | 0.6 2024 | 0.3 2024 | 2.0 2024 | 0.1 2024 | 0.0 2024 | – | 0.5 2024 | 1.4 2024 | 0.0 2024 | 0.1 2024 |
| Fine dust in the air (PM2.5) µg per m³ | 43.9 2023 | 34.0 2023 | 58.1 2023 | 53.5 2023 | 39.8 2023 | 23.5 2023 | 26.5 2023 | 27.8 2023 | 34.0 2023 | 20.4 2023 | 14.2 2023 | 28.5 2023 | 49.3 2023 | 42.9 2023 |
| Measure | Saudi Arabia | UAE | Qatar | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Lebanon | Syria | Yemen | Palestine | Morocco | Sudan | Afghanistan | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population people | 37.0 million 2025 | 11.5 million 2025 | 3.0 million 2025 | 118.4 million 2025 | 47.0 million 2025 | 11.5 million 2025 | 5.8 million 2025 | 25.6 million 2025 | 41.8 million 2025 | 5.4 million 2025 | 38.4 million 2025 | 51.7 million 2025 | 43.8 million 2025 | 255.2 million 2025 |
| Life expectancy at birth years | 79.0 2024 | 83.1 2024 | 82.5 2024 | 71.8 2024 | 72.4 2024 | 78.0 2024 | 77.9 2024 | 72.6 2024 | 69.4 2024 | 69.2 2024 | 75.5 2024 | 66.5 2024 | 66.3 2024 | 67.8 2024 |
| People aged 65 and over % of people | 3.1 2025 | 1.8 2025 | 1.7 2025 | 5.3 2025 | 3.4 2025 | 4.8 2025 | 10.4 2025 | 4.8 2025 | 2.5 2025 | 3.9 2025 | 8.5 2025 | 3.4 2025 | 2.4 2025 | 4.4 2025 |
| Health spending per person US$ per person | 1,825 2023 | 2,402 2023 | 1,804 2023 | 141 2023 | 333 2023 | 342 2023 | 261 2023 | 33 2023 | 48 2023 | 346 2023 | 232 2023 | 21 2023 | 59 2023 | 30 2023 |
| Health spending (% of GDP) % of GDP | 5.7 2023 | 5.0 2023 | 2.5 2023 | 4.9 2023 | 5.5 2023 | 7.7 2023 | 5.6 2023 | 2.7 2023 | 9.7 2023 | 10.7 2023 | 6.1 2023 | 2.9 2023 | 15.0 2023 | 2.5 2023 |
| Out-of-pocket spending % of health spending | 14.1 2023 | 9.7 2023 | 7.4 2023 | 57.2 2023 | 54.0 2023 | 34.5 2023 | 29.7 2023 | 72.4 2023 | 69.1 2023 | 42.1 2023 | 37.3 2023 | 57.4 2023 | 77.1 2023 | 52.9 2023 |
| Doctors per 1,000 people | 3.41 2023 | 2.99 2023 | 3.02 2023 | 0.67 2020 | 1.02 2022 | 2.85 2022 | 2.68 2020 | 1.52 2021 | 0.10 2023 | 2.17 2018 | 0.74 2021 | 0.25 2017 | 0.32 2023 | 1.16 2021 |
| Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people | 6.56 2023 | 6.19 2022 | 8.49 2023 | 1.79 2018 | 2.65 2022 | 3.33 2023 | 1.92 2018 | 1.76 2021 | 0.54 2023 | 1.95 2018 | 0.87 2023 | 1.08 2018 | 0.55 2023 | 0.52 2021 |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 people | 2.41 2023 | 1.87 2022 | 1.25 2022 | 1.06 2021 | 1.06 2018 | 1.41 2023 | 2.73 2021 | 1.43 2021 | 0.46 2023 | 1.30 2022 | 0.73 2023 | 0.66 2021 | 0.35 2023 | 0.63 2020 |
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Sources: Acuitas market figures and forecasts are supplied with purchased reports. Trials: ClinicalTrials.gov; found by search words, so counts are a guide, and one trial can count in more than one market. Health figures: WHO Global Health Observatory. People and health spending: World Bank. Public figures fetched 12 Nov 2026.