Area Database (v4.4)

GDL Area Profile Report

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South (Bahah, Jizan, Asir, Najran) (Saudi Arabia)

This GDL Area Profile Report provides an overview of the major social and economic characteristics of the region or country. The figures are derived from the most recent national household survey available at the Global Data Lab. These and many other indicators can also be downloaded freely from the GDL Area Database. Further information on the indicators is available at the bottom of this report and at the GDL website.

Level of development Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
International Wealth Index (IWI) value1 87.5 - 2 / 5 ( 9 ) 2011
Poverty Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage poor households (IWI value under 70) 18.2 - 4 / 5 ( 3 ) 2011
Percentage poorer households (IWI value under 50) 8.89 - 4 / 5 ( 4 ) 2011
Percentage poorest households (IWI value under 35) 2.88 - 3 / 5 ( 4 ) 2011
Education Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Mean years education population aged 20+ 9.76 - 2 / 5 ( 8 ) 2011
Mean years education of women aged 20+ 9.63 - 2 / 5 ( 8 ) 2011
Mean years education of men aged 20+ 9.90 - 1 / 5 ( 8 ) 2011
Position of women Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Percentage of women in 50+ population 48.9 - 4 / 5 ( 2 ) 2011
Population Value Trend National rank LMIC decile Year
Total area population in millions 5.48 - 2 / 5 ( 9 ) 2011
Share of national population living in area 19.4 - 2 / 5 ( 9 ) 2011
Percentage population in urban areas 81.6 - 1 / 4 ( 9 ) 2011

Meaning of the menu items: Value: Indicator value in GDL Area Database. Trend: Average yearly change in indicator value since preceding survey. National rank: Within-country rank on indicator (1 is highest value within country). Continent rank: Within continent rank on indicator (continents are America, Africa, Asia/Pacific and (Eastern) Europe). LMIC decile: Decile position on indicator among 1300+ regions within 125+ low and middle income countries.

The indicators presented in this GDL Profile Report are created by aggregating to the sub-national and national level from representative household surveys. Detailed information on the data and methods used is available here and in Smits (2016).

1 The International Wealth Index (IWI) is an asset-based index that measures the economic situation of households in LMICs on the basis of their ownership of assets, housing quality and access to public services. IWI runs from 0 to 100, with 0 meaning none of the assets and lowest quality housing and services and 100 all assets and highest quality housing and services (Smits & Steendijk, 2015).

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