MENA

The acronym MENA is often used by Western financial experts and economists for "Middle East & North Africa" ​​( MENA ). The term refers to the region from Morocco to Iran.

A solid definition of the MENA region there is not, as Turkey is partially not included as well. Partial and Iraq will be added to the region. The MENA region has about 380 million inhabitants, which represents approximately six percent of the world population.

List of countries

Most following countries and territories (dark blue ) were counted to:

• Egypt Egypt
• Algeria Algeria
• Bahrain Bahrain
• Iraq Iraq
• Iran Iran

• Israel Israel
• Yemen Yemen
• Jordan Jordan
• Qatar Qatar
• Kuwait Kuwait

• Lebanon Lebanon
• Libya Libya
• Morocco Morocco
• Oman Oman
• Palestine National Authority Palestinian Territories

• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
• Syria Syria
• Tunisia Tunisia
• United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

In a broader sense, the following countries and territories ( light blue) are partially counted this:

• Armenia Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Djibouti Djibouti

• Malta Malta
• Mauritania Mauritania
• Western Sahara Western Sahara

• Somalia Somalia
• Sudan Sudan
• Turkey Turkey

• North Cyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• Cyprus Republic of Cyprus