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TABLE 7.1

Public employment, political repression, and unrest (annual average: 2000– 2007)

Country

Rent per capita

Public Wage Bill per capita

Index of Political

Repression

Unrest

(2010– 2012)

US$ thousands

US$ thousands

(PPP)

0 =

most repressive,

8 =

least

1 =

regime change;

2 =

major conflict;

3 =

minor conflict; 4 = little to none

GCC CountriesQatar

40,446

11.9

6.8

4

Kuwait

25,007

8.1

5.9

3

UA E

15, 556

9. 2

6.4

4

Bahrain

8,584

3.5

5.9

2

Saudi Arabia

8,239

3.9

4.5

3

Oman

6,975

2.1

7.3

3

GCC Mean

11,898

6

6.1

3.16

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