Middle East exposure#
This page provides a regional overview of the exposure model for Middle East, including summary tables and links to country-level exposure pages.
Regional description#
The regional exposure model combines country-level datasets into a harmonized representation of buildings, replacement costs, and exposed population.

Figure: Regional distribution of exposure across occupancy classes (residential, commercial, and industrial).

Figure: Regional distribution of exposure by building taxonomy classes.
Regional summary tables#
Exposure by country and occupancy (ADM0)#
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_0 | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | RES | 2,891.1K | 34.6M | $1,275.4B | 5.91% | 10.89% | 20.70% |
| Iran | RES | 15,498.0K | 92.4M | $819.3B | 31.66% | 29.12% | 13.30% |
| Israel | RES | 1,122.7K | 9.5M | $688.1B | 2.29% | 3.00% | 11.17% |
| Iraq | RES | 7,052.1K | 47.0M | $409.9B | 14.41% | 14.82% | 6.65% |
| United Arab Emirates | RES | 762.6K | 11.3M | $409.4B | 1.56% | 3.58% | 6.65% |
| Jordan | RES | 1,292.0K | 11.5M | $309.8B | 2.64% | 3.63% | 5.03% |
| Lebanon | RES | 488.0K | 5.8M | $186.4B | 1.00% | 1.84% | 3.02% |
| Syria | RES | 3,516.6K | 25.6M | $173.8B | 7.18% | 8.07% | 2.82% |
| Yemen | RES | 5,622.6K | 41.8M | $149.9B | 11.49% | 13.16% | 2.43% |
| Israel | COM | 146.8K | 0.0M | $147.7B | 0.30% | 0.00% | 2.40% |
| Palestine | RES | 550.3K | 5.3M | $142.2B | 1.12% | 1.68% | 2.31% |
| Qatar | RES | 321.1K | 3.1M | $136.4B | 0.66% | 0.98% | 2.21% |
| Oman | RES | 1,296.1K | 5.5M | $115.3B | 2.65% | 1.73% | 1.87% |
| Saudi Arabia | COM | 412.4K | 0.0M | $109.7B | 0.84% | 0.00% | 1.78% |
| Kuwait | RES | 673.1K | 5.0M | $102.2B | 1.38% | 1.58% | 1.66% |
| Azerbaijan | RES | 1,478.0K | 10.4M | $101.6B | 3.02% | 3.28% | 1.65% |
| Iran | COM | 1,925.8K | 0.0M | $80.5B | 3.93% | 0.00% | 1.31% |
| IND | 99.7K | 0.0M | $76.6B | 0.20% | 0.00% | 1.24% | |
| Iraq | COM | 428.0K | 0.0M | $67.1B | 0.87% | 0.00% | 1.09% |
| Saudi Arabia | IND | 122.4K | 0.0M | $65.6B | 0.25% | 0.00% | 1.07% |
| Georgia | RES | 836.7K | 3.8M | $58.1B | 1.71% | 1.18% | 0.94% |
| Bahrain | RES | 238.0K | 1.6M | $50.9B | 0.49% | 0.52% | 0.83% |
| Israel | IND | 65.9K | 0.0M | $48.8B | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.79% |
| Armenia | RES | 599.8K | 3.0M | $47.5B | 1.23% | 0.93% | 0.77% |
| United Arab Emirates | COM | 66.8K | 0.0M | $41.9B | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.68% |
| Jordan | COM | 117.0K | 0.0M | $36.1B | 0.24% | 0.00% | 0.59% |
| Lebanon | COM | 76.9K | 0.0M | $28.9B | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| Yemen | COM | 260.7K | 0.0M | $28.7B | 0.53% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| Azerbaijan | COM | 115.0K | 0.0M | $24.1B | 0.23% | 0.00% | 0.39% |
| Syria | COM | 144.5K | 0.0M | $22.1B | 0.30% | 0.00% | 0.36% |
| Bahrain | COM | 34.5K | 0.0M | $17.5B | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.28% |
| Kuwait | COM | 58.5K | 0.0M | $16.7B | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.27% |
| Azerbaijan | IND | 53.6K | 0.0M | $14.7B | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.24% |
| Yemen | IND | 58.8K | 0.0M | $14.2B | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.23% |
| Iraq | IND | 61.7K | 0.0M | $13.9B | 0.13% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| Qatar | COM | 19.8K | 0.0M | $13.3B | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| Georgia | COM | 70.4K | 0.0M | $13.2B | 0.14% | 0.00% | 0.21% |
| Armenia | COM | 53.4K | 0.0M | $12.7B | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.21% |
| Oman | COM | 57.4K | 0.0M | $12.3B | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| Syria | IND | 53.6K | 0.0M | $12.3B | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| Qatar | IND | 13.1K | 0.0M | $11.6B | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.19% |
| Palestine | COM | 49.2K | 0.0M | $9.3B | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| Bahrain | IND | 16.8K | 0.0M | $7.8B | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.13% |
| Jordan | IND | 19.3K | 0.0M | $7.7B | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| United Arab Emirates | IND | 6.8K | 0.0M | $7.0B | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| Lebanon | IND | 13.3K | 0.0M | $6.7B | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| Georgia | IND | 36.8K | 0.0M | $6.2B | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| Kuwait | IND | 7.0K | 0.0M | $3.0B | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| Oman | IND | 14.5K | 0.0M | $2.9B | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| Palestine | IND | 20.6K | 0.0M | $2.2B | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| Armenia | IND | 7.2K | 0.0M | $1.8B | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
Exposure by country and taxonomy#
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_0 | MACRO_TAXONOMY | ||||||
| Saudi Arabia | CR- | 1,617.1K | 21,097.8K | $835,066.8M | 3.30% | 6.65% | 13.55% |
| Israel | CR- | 743.3K | 5,151.3K | $452,570.7M | 1.52% | 1.62% | 7.35% |
| CR+ | 455.2K | 4,035.0K | $380,196.8M | 0.93% | 1.27% | 6.17% | |
| Iran | S | 3,452.4K | 25,462.2K | $328,588.7M | 7.05% | 8.02% | 5.33% |
| United Arab Emirates | CR- | 435.1K | 7,615.0K | $295,104.6M | 0.89% | 2.40% | 4.79% |
| Saudi Arabia | MR|MCF | 827.0K | 5,459.4K | $274,480.6M | 1.69% | 1.72% | 4.46% |
| Iran | HYB | 5,051.2K | 24,028.9K | $250,002.4M | 10.32% | 7.57% | 4.06% |
| Saudi Arabia | CR+ | 449.1K | 5,950.6K | $231,758.9M | 0.92% | 1.88% | 3.76% |
| Iran | MR|MCF | 3,929.5K | 20,470.6K | $210,853.2M | 8.03% | 6.45% | 3.42% |
| Iraq | MUR | 2,457.4K | 14,877.0K | $144,167.6M | 5.02% | 4.69% | 2.34% |
| Palestine | CR- | 542.5K | 5,087.4K | $143,095.7M | 1.11% | 1.60% | 2.32% |
| Iraq | CR- | 1,715.3K | 10,500.9K | $139,025.6M | 3.50% | 3.31% | 2.26% |
| Syria | CR- | 685.0K | 12,182.0K | $118,139.1M | 1.40% | 3.84% | 1.92% |
| Qatar | CR- | 187.1K | 1,995.7K | $106,006.4M | 0.38% | 0.63% | 1.72% |
| Jordan | CR- | 223.3K | 3,133.4K | $100,158.9M | 0.46% | 0.99% | 1.63% |
| Lebanon | CR- | 112.4K | 2,780.4K | $99,224.6M | 0.23% | 0.88% | 1.61% |
| United Arab Emirates | CR+ | 144.6K | 2,538.1K | $97,795.0M | 0.30% | 0.80% | 1.59% |
| Iran | CR+ | 1,146.0K | 7,304.1K | $90,203.5M | 2.34% | 2.30% | 1.46% |
| Jordan | MR|MCF | 409.9K | 2,633.2K | $87,048.2M | 0.84% | 0.83% | 1.41% |
| Kuwait | CR- | 483.5K | 3,596.5K | $85,576.5M | 0.99% | 1.13% | 1.39% |
| Jordan | CR+ | 189.2K | 2,698.9K | $85,074.6M | 0.39% | 0.85% | 1.38% |
| Iraq | MR|MCF | 869.9K | 6,566.7K | $79,456.8M | 1.78% | 2.07% | 1.29% |
| Oman | CR- | 642.4K | 3,087.3K | $77,724.6M | 1.31% | 0.97% | 1.26% |
| Lebanon | MR|MCF | 133.5K | 1,980.7K | $70,352.9M | 0.27% | 0.62% | 1.14% |
| Yemen | ADO|ST|E | 2,656.2K | 17,883.7K | $61,934.3M | 5.43% | 5.64% | 1.01% |
| Azerbaijan | ADO|ST|E | 1,306.5K | 5,801.9K | $60,698.4M | 2.67% | 1.83% | 0.99% |
| Bahrain | CR- | 218.2K | 1,409.0K | $56,964.2M | 0.45% | 0.44% | 0.92% |
| Iraq | ADO|ST|E | 1,236.0K | 7,049.0K | $54,542.5M | 2.53% | 2.22% | 0.89% |
| United Arab Emirates | MR|MCF | 228.1K | 1,163.8K | $53,087.0M | 0.47% | 0.37% | 0.86% |
| Azerbaijan | CR- | 84.4K | 3,864.6K | $52,860.5M | 0.17% | 1.22% | 0.86% |
| Yemen | CR- | 1,078.2K | 8,090.3K | $52,857.2M | 2.20% | 2.55% | 0.86% |
| Jordan | ADO|ST|E | 445.5K | 2,409.3K | $47,699.2M | 0.91% | 0.76% | 0.77% |
| Iran | ADO|ST|E | 2,374.5K | 10,200.8K | $43,374.9M | 4.85% | 3.21% | 0.70% |
| Saudi Arabia | ADO|ST|E | 241.9K | 1,450.3K | $41,725.6M | 0.49% | 0.46% | 0.68% |
| Yemen | MUR | 1,396.3K | 10,381.4K | $38,038.4M | 2.85% | 3.27% | 0.62% |
| Georgia | ADO|ST|E | 643.1K | 2,175.7K | $37,963.6M | 1.31% | 0.69% | 0.62% |
| Iraq | CR+ | 323.3K | 2,659.5K | $37,392.8M | 0.66% | 0.84% | 0.61% |
| Syria | ADO|ST|E | 1,043.7K | 5,430.4K | $35,949.2M | 2.13% | 1.71% | 0.58% |
| Qatar | CR+ | 61.4K | 665.1K | $34,411.2M | 0.13% | 0.21% | 0.56% |
| Lebanon | ADO|ST|E | 257.9K | 740.4K | $32,797.9M | 0.53% | 0.23% | 0.53% |
| Armenia | ADO|ST|E | 461.8K | 1,686.1K | $31,235.3M | 0.94% | 0.53% | 0.51% |
| Jordan | MUR | 131.2K | 536.3K | $29,269.7M | 0.27% | 0.17% | 0.48% |
| Saudi Arabia | S | 54.1K | 0.0K | $28,861.0M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.47% |
| Oman | CR+ | 213.2K | 1,029.2K | $25,692.8M | 0.44% | 0.32% | 0.42% |
| Syria | MUR | 875.6K | 3,441.7K | $24,009.1M | 1.79% | 1.08% | 0.39% |
| Iran | CR- | 500.4K | 301.3K | $23,906.8M | 1.02% | 0.09% | 0.39% |
| Iraq | S | 394.2K | 2,215.9K | $23,705.8M | 0.81% | 0.70% | 0.38% |
| Yemen | CR+ | 501.8K | 3,806.7K | $23,511.3M | 1.03% | 1.20% | 0.38% |
| Israel | MUR | 84.9K | 271.9K | $22,875.6M | 0.17% | 0.09% | 0.37% |
| Saudi Arabia | MUR | 125.1K | 0.0K | $20,919.1M | 0.26% | 0.00% | 0.34% |
| Kuwait | MR|MCF | 122.0K | 739.2K | $19,835.4M | 0.25% | 0.23% | 0.32% |
| Georgia | CR- | 43.9K | 732.0K | $19,561.9M | 0.09% | 0.23% | 0.32% |
| Iran | MUR | 790.5K | 3,391.4K | $18,514.4M | 1.61% | 1.07% | 0.30% |
| Saudi Arabia | OT | 111.6K | 608.3K | $17,927.9M | 0.23% | 0.19% | 0.29% |
| Israel | S | 19.8K | 0.0K | $15,354.7M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.25% |
| Armenia | CR- | 23.7K | 617.8K | $14,304.3M | 0.05% | 0.19% | 0.23% |
| Israel | MR|MCF | 32.3K | 59.0K | $13,632.5M | 0.07% | 0.02% | 0.22% |
| Oman | MR|MCF | 133.0K | 367.6K | $12,271.5M | 0.27% | 0.12% | 0.20% |
| Syria | MR|MCF | 652.5K | 2,964.4K | $11,759.6M | 1.33% | 0.93% | 0.19% |
| Iraq | OT | 534.2K | 3,150.9K | $10,820.1M | 1.09% | 0.99% | 0.18% |
| Kuwait | ADO|ST|E | 72.6K | 447.8K | $10,780.0M | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.17% |
| Bahrain | MR|MCF | 37.2K | 132.8K | $10,578.8M | 0.08% | 0.04% | 0.17% |
| Georgia | MUR | 135.9K | 530.2K | $10,283.0M | 0.28% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| Iran | OT | 245.3K | 1,111.7K | $9,895.3M | 0.50% | 0.35% | 0.16% |
| Armenia | MUR | 98.0K | 410.1K | $9,807.6M | 0.20% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| Azerbaijan | MUR | 57.6K | 0.0K | $9,275.8M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| Yemen | MR|MCF | 56.2K | 0.0K | $8,901.1M | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.14% |
| Lebanon | CR+ | 9.7K | 248.1K | $8,646.1M | 0.02% | 0.08% | 0.14% |
| Oman | ADO|ST|E | 195.1K | 543.2K | $8,053.3M | 0.40% | 0.17% | 0.13% |
| Palestine | ADO|ST|E | 52.0K | 189.5K | $8,044.8M | 0.11% | 0.06% | 0.13% |
| Syria | OT | 406.8K | 931.9K | $7,911.9M | 0.83% | 0.29% | 0.13% |
| CR+ | 39.5K | 668.6K | $7,685.9M | 0.08% | 0.21% | 0.12% | |
| Qatar | MR|MCF | 19.2K | 51.0K | $7,376.1M | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.12% |
| United Arab Emirates | S | 5.8K | 0.0K | $6,348.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.10% |
| MUR | 17.5K | 0.0K | $5,679.5M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| Azerbaijan | MR|MCF | 26.8K | 122.5K | $5,410.7M | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.09% |
| Lebanon | MUR | 22.7K | 0.0K | $5,066.2M | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| Qatar | S | 5.0K | 0.0K | $4,878.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| Azerbaijan | S | 16.1K | 0.0K | $4,767.8M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.08% |
| Qatar | ADO|ST|E | 44.7K | 240.2K | $4,667.5M | 0.09% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| Yemen | S | 17.7K | 0.0K | $4,605.6M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| Lebanon | S | 7.3K | 0.0K | $4,167.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.07% |
| Azerbaijan | HYB | 98.4K | 404.2K | $3,968.0M | 0.20% | 0.13% | 0.06% |
| Bahrain | S | 6.7K | 0.0K | $3,903.2M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| Kuwait | MUR | 37.3K | 121.3K | $3,137.1M | 0.08% | 0.04% | 0.05% |
| Bahrain | MUR | 10.3K | 0.0K | $3,034.1M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| Yemen | OT | 235.9K | 1,611.7K | $2,964.6M | 0.48% | 0.51% | 0.05% |
| Syria | S | 11.6K | 0.0K | $2,811.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.05% |
| Georgia | MR|MCF | 17.6K | 26.1K | $2,757.5M | 0.04% | 0.01% | 0.04% |
| Oman | MUR | 27.1K | 23.0K | $2,708.9M | 0.06% | 0.01% | 0.04% |
| Georgia | HYB | 55.7K | 171.7K | $2,692.5M | 0.11% | 0.05% | 0.04% |
| Jordan | S | 5.8K | 0.0K | $2,404.0M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| Armenia | HYB | 38.9K | 127.7K | $2,358.6M | 0.08% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| Qatar | MUR | 5.9K | 0.0K | $2,338.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| Azerbaijan | W | 45.7K | 185.6K | $2,264.2M | 0.09% | 0.06% | 0.04% |
| Oman | OT | 150.0K | 444.3K | $2,156.2M | 0.31% | 0.14% | 0.03% |
| Kuwait | S | 4.2K | 0.0K | $2,134.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| Georgia | S | 11.0K | 0.0K | $1,987.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| Jordan | OT | 23.4K | 109.7K | $1,932.5M | 0.05% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| Armenia | MR|MCF | 10.3K | 22.0K | $1,855.6M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.03% |
| Oman | S | 7.0K | 0.0K | $1,841.9M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| Qatar | OT | 30.6K | 163.9K | $1,721.7M | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.03% |
| Iraq | W | 11.6K | 0.8K | $1,698.4M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| Palestine | S | 15.3K | 0.0K | $1,621.3M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| Bahrain | ADO|ST|E | 13.0K | 78.2K | $1,481.3M | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| Georgia | W | 19.2K | 63.1K | $1,323.1M | 0.04% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| Armenia | W | 13.7K | 47.7K | $1,121.4M | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| Lebanon | OT | 26.0K | 74.8K | $1,095.1M | 0.05% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| Iran | W | 33.8K | 146.7K | $1,085.8M | 0.07% | 0.05% | 0.02% |
| Azerbaijan | CR+ | 3.4K | 0.7K | $952.6M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| Palestine | OT | 10.4K | 52.9K | $880.1M | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| Georgia | CR+ | 2.4K | 5.4K | $633.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| Armenia | S | 2.1K | 0.0K | $586.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| Lebanon | W | 8.7K | 24.9K | $547.5M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| Armenia | CR+ | 1.1K | 3.9K | $446.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| Kuwait | OT | 19.0K | 121.3K | $427.0M | 0.04% | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| Georgia | OT | 15.0K | 49.4K | $394.5M | 0.03% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| Armenia | OT | 10.5K | 37.2K | $331.3M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| United Arab Emirates | OT | 5.1K | 29.1K | $277.0M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| Azerbaijan | OT | 7.6K | 18.1K | $178.5M | 0.02% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| Bahrain | OT | 3.9K | 23.4K | $156.4M | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.00% |