Economy & Growth in Northern Africa and Western Asia 28 indicators covering economy & growth for Northern Africa and Western Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 156,869 2024 up 57.8% 10th Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person 1.6% 2025 down 19.0% 21st Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 13.2% 2025 up 6.2% 16th Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 0.5% 2024 unchanged 29th Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 13.0% 2024 up 13.6% 17th Domestic material consumption per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 1.04 2024 down 21.1% 20th Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 63.5% 2024 down 2.0% 9th Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP 1.9% 2024 down 23.4% 17th Annual GDP growth 2.1% 2024 down 32.0% 25th Annual growth of exports of goods and services 2.9% 2023 up 16.7% 18th Annual growth of imports of goods and services 2.5% 2024 down 25.0% 19th Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of 1.2% 2024 down 27.7% 16th Annual growth of households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure 3.7% 2024 down 18.4% 13th Annual growth of the general government final consumption expenditure 1.4% 2024 down 76.1% 15th Agriculture value added share of GDP 4.6% 2024 down 2.5% 17th Tax revenue as a proportion of GDP 12.7% 2020 down 6.7% 17th Cash surplus/deficit as a proportion of GDP -29.2% 2020 down 0.8% 16th Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 25 2024 down 35.9% 2nd Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 23 2024 down 34.3% 2nd Implementation of standard accounting tools to monitor the economic 2 2024 down 50.0% 4th Total trade of tracked Environmentally Sound Technologies 81.16 billion 2024 down 22.7% 16th Labour share of GDP 36.9% 2025 down 3.4% 29th Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP 1.1% 2023 up 54.7% 11th Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP 3.6% 2024 up 1.1% 9th Average remittance costs of sending $200 to a receiving country as a 6.0% 2025 down 20.2% 6th Employed persons in the tourism industries 9.93 million 2024 up 31.4% 11th Material footprint per unit of GDP, by type of raw material 1.33 2022 down 17.6% 15th Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights 10 2025 up 11.1% 3rd