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IMF 2026 GDP Projections: Middle East and Central Asia

Nominal GDP in 2026, US dollars billions, IMF projection: the twenty largest economies in the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia region

Saudi Arabia leads at $1.27T
Current·Data to 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook. Every bar is an IMF projection for 2026, not an outturn. The region is the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia: the Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Türkiye and Israel are in other IMF regions. The largest economies by the October 2026 edition are shown; the IMF publishes no projection for Afghanistan, Lebanon, Syria or the West Bank and Gaza.

The size of each economy in the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia region this year, in US dollars at market exchange rates. Saudi Arabia is the largest, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Egypt and Kazakhstan.

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Saudi Arabia · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

United Arab Emirates · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Pakistan · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Egypt · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Kazakhstan · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Algeria · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Iran · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Iraq · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Qatar · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Morocco · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Uzbekistan · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Kuwait · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Oman · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Azerbaijan · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Turkmenistan · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Jordan · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Tunisia · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Libya · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Bahrain · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

Georgia · GDP, Current US Dollars, IMF Projection. Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026 (the IMF's published database file, WEOOct2026all.xlsx). Transformation by Palanor: the IMF publishes US dollars; Palanor divides by one billion. Provided by the IMF "as is" and available free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor.

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