## Country Groupings

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### Overview
- The October 2017 Regional Economic Outlook (REO): Middle East and Central Asia, covering countries in the Middle East and Central Asia Department (MCD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), divides the 31 MCD countries covered in this report into two groups: (1) countries of the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP)––which are further divided into oil exporters and oil importers; and (2) countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA).
- The country acronyms and abbreviations used in some tables and figures are included in parentheses.

### MENAP classifications
- MENAP oil exporters comprise Algeria (ALG), Bahrain (BHR), Iran (IRN), Iraq (IRQ), Kuwait (KWT), Libya (LBY), Oman (OMN), Qatar (QAT), Saudi Arabia (SAU), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen (YMN).
- MENAP oil importers comprise Afghanistan (AFG), Djibouti (DJI), Egypt (EGY), Jordan (JOR), Lebanon (LBN), Mauritania (MRT), Morocco (MAR), Pakistan (PAK), Somalia (SOM), Sudan (SDN), Syria (SYR), and Tunisia (TUN).
- MENA comprises Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
- MENA oil importers comprise Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia.
- The GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) comprises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
- The Non-GCC oil-exporting countries are Algeria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Yemen.
- The ACTs (Arab Countries in Transition) are Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen.
- The Arab World comprises Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
- Conflict countries include Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen.
- What’s New: Somalia data are included in MENAP group aggregates.

### CCA classifications
- CCA countries comprise Armenia (ARM), Azerbaijan (AZE), Georgia (GEO), Kazakhstan (KAZ), the Kyrgyz Republic (KGZ), Tajikistan (TJK), Turkmenistan (TKM), and Uzbekistan (UBZ).
- CCA oil exporters comprise Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- CCA oil importers comprise Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan.

### Notes
- Somalia is included in all regional aggregates starting with publication of the Regional Economic Outlook in October 2017.
- For Sudan, data for 2012 onward exclude South Sudan.
- Syria is excluded from most aggregates due to limited data availability.

*The October 2017 Regional Economic Outlook (REO): Middle East and Central Asia — Country Groupings.*

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