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Table 1 Qatar and Lebanon economic indicators and demographics

From: Relationship between pharmaceutical pricing strategies with price, availability, and affordability of cardiovascular disease medicines: surveys in Qatar and Lebanon

 

Qatar

Lebanon

GDP (bn)

$164.64

$47.08

Population (mn)

2.58a

6.24b

Citizens (mn)

0.313c

4.751b

GDP Per Capita (35)

$73,653

$8,047

Health Expenditure (bn)

$4.82

$3.34

Public Health Expenditure (bn)

$4.10

$1.59

Private Health Expenditure (bn)

$0.72

$1.75

Pharmaceutical Sales (bn)

$0.52

$1.64

Pharmaceutical Sales, % of Health Expenditure

10.90

49.00

Per Capita Spending on Pharmaceuticals

$234

$280

Spending on Originator Pharmaceuticals (mn)

$360.0

$800.0

Spending on Generic Pharmaceuticals (mn)

$110.0

$490.0

  1. Source:
  2. World Bank [27]
  3. Business Monitor International (BMI) [26]
  4. Business Monitor International [28]
  5. aMinistry of Development Planning and Statistics (mdps) [29]
  6. bCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA) [30]
  7. cSnoj [31]