Western Asia

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Key facts

  • continent: Asia
  • number of countries: 17
  • land area: 4,782,967 km²
  • population: 295,290,269 people
Classified as: place

Summary

Western Asia is a region. It is located in Asia. It comprises 17 countries for a land area of 4,782,967 km² and a population of 295,290,269 people.

Business

  • Central government debt: 60.57 % of GDP
  • Expense: 24.74 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 4,236,355,546,544.92 current US$
  • Self-employed workers: 25.16 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 12.15 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 8.91 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 21.30 % of total employment

Countries health expenditure per expense in Western Asia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Western Asia

Evolution of historical average expense in Western Asia

Evolution of historical GDP in Western Asia

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per GDP in Western Asia

Evolution of median inflation in Western Asia

Evolution of historical self employed in Western Asia

Countries historical vulnerable employment per self-employed workers in Western Asia

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Western Asia

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Western Asia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Western Asia

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Health

  • Birth rate: 16.85 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 5.33 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 1,043.46 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 5.96 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.06 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.28 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 75.24
  • Suicide mortality rate: 4.69 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Western Asia

Countries historical fertility rate per birth rate in Western Asia

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate in Western Asia

Countries historical self-employed workers per birth rate in Western Asia

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Countries historical median age per birth rate in Western Asia

Evolution of historical death rate in Western Asia

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per death rate in Western Asia

Evolution of average health expenditure per capita in Western Asia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Western Asia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Western Asia

Evolution of historical average hospital beds in Western Asia

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Western Asia

Countries historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Countries historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Evolution of historical average suicide rate in Western Asia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 2,267,000 people
  • Democracy score: 3.70
  • Military expenditure: 4.18 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 17.05 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical population per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical rural population per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Countries historical urban population per armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Western Asia

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Western Asia

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Environment

Western Asia is one of the regions in Asia. Western Asia is one of the 22 regions in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 2,721,775.78 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.63 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 2,049.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 4.66 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 56.43 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 9.22 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.99 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 22.43 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.60 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -98.18 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 2.37 births per woman
  • Forest area: 302,616 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.50 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3,065.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 25.36
  • Methane emissions: 787.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 92.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 141,196,417 people
  • Male population: 154,093,853 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 5.57 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 4,441,850.72 km²
  • Rural population: 79,977,084 people
  • Urban land area: 55,280.66 km²
  • Urban population: 215,313,185 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 5.26 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Western Asia by population

Geographical distribution of records in Western Asia

Countries agricultural land per population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Western Asia

Countries historical methane emissions per agricultural land in Western Asia

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land in Western Asia

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Western Asia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Countries historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Countries historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Countries historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Western Asia

Countries historical birth rate per access to electricity in Western Asia

Countries historical fertility rate per access to electricity in Western Asia

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity in Western Asia

Countries historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity in Western Asia

Countries historical self-employed workers per access to electricity in Western Asia

Countries historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Western Asia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Western Asia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Western Asia

Countries historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate in Western Asia

Countries historical median age per fertility rate in Western Asia

Evolution of historical forest area in Western Asia

Countries historical rural land area per forest area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical fossil energy consumption in Western Asia

Countries historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption in Western Asia

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Western Asia

Countries historical urban population per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Western Asia

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Western Asia

Evolution of historical internet access in Western Asia

Evolution of historical total land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical median age in Western Asia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical population per methane emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical rural population per methane emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per methane emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per methane emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical urban population per methane emissions in Western Asia

Evolution of historical net migration in Western Asia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical population per nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Countries historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Evolution of historical population in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical female population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical male population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Western Asia

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical rural population in Western Asia

Countries historical urban land area per rural population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical total urban land in Western Asia

Countries historical urban population per urban land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Western Asia

Countries historical date per population in Western Asia

Countries historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Cities in Western Asia

Countries in Western Asia

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In literature

There is no book written about Western Asia in the database

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    This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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