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Jordan has been a medical tourism destination in the Middle East since the 1970s. A study conducted by Jordan's Private Hospitals Association found that 250,000 patients from 102 countries received treatment in Jordan in 2010, compared to 190,000 in 2007, bringing over $1 billion in revenue.
Jordan is one of the most liberal countries in the Middle East allowing a debate to consider introducing a secular government. [73] In the 2010 Human Development Index, Jordan was placed in the "high human development" bracket and came 7th among Arab countries, after the Persian Gulf states and Lebanon. [74]
The endurance of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East is notable in comparison to the rest of the world. While such regimes have fallen throughout sub-Saharan Africa, for example, they have persisted in the Middle East. Yet Middle Eastern history also includes significant episodes of conflict between rulers and proponents of democracy. [34]
Countries Seen as Economically Stable With the World Bank forecasting growth of the global economy to slow in 2019 to 2.9 percent, countries that provide economic safe harbors for their citizens ...
Less stable Stable More ... Data unavailable. This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fragile States Index ... East Timor: 74.8: 2.7: 4.5: 6.1: 7.9:
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Qatar is ready to invest in Syria's energy sector and ports, the de facto Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said after meeting a senior Qatari official in Damascus on Monday, as ...
The political landscape of Jordan has changed as a consequence of the conflict between Israel and Hamas from October 2023.Prime minister Bisher al Khasawneh expressed his country's disapproval of Israel's offensive in Gaza by recalling its ambassador from Israel, and declared that Israel's ambassador, who had departed Amman following Hamas' attack, would not be permitted to return.
Country GDP nominal billions of USD List of countries by GDP (per capita) Qatar 235.5: 82,887 Israel 530.1: 55,359 Cyprus 26.7: 53,705 UAE 536.8: 52,407 Kuwait 183.6: 38,123