Question

Why countries of middle East are not called development inspite of high per capita

Answer 1

Question:

Why countries of middle East are not called development in spite of high per capita income?

Answer:

The countries of the Middle East are not called developed in spite of high per capita income because of the following reasons:

1) Middle Eastern countries have become rich only with the resources available and they have high per capita income due to the oil production.

So, they have only one major source of income.

2) Although, these countries have very high per capita income, but there is unequal distribution of wealth. The gap between the rich and the poor is very high in these countries.

3) These countries lack other basic facilities such as health care and education.

4) Their literacy rate, life expectancy at birth and other similar parameters do not match with those of developed countries of the West.