African & Middle Eastern Cities

Filter your selection criteria, and control how the results will be displayed. You can precisely select Locations and Indicators, choose the date range and frequency, and set advanced options for displaying results.

Numbers may be represented as absolutes, percentages, and even differences between time periods.

All data are annotated by source, date of update, and analyst.

Searches can be saved for future reference and downloaded quickly to Excel and Adobe formats, and even shown on a heat map.

Service Features■■ Comparable forecasts for 134 key

cities across Africa and the Middle East. The business centers in the databank represent the largest cities in the region, chosen because of their size, growth potential and market value, and other capital cities in order to cover the majority of countries.

■■ Deep analysis by location. Consistent annual historic data and forecasts for total GDP and employment, population, income distribution, consumer spending, and retail sales. Data is produced in both local currency and US dollars terms for comparative analysis of market size and growth.

■■ Thirty years of data historical and forecast. The annual data generally refers back to 2000, and the forecast horizon is to 2030.

■■ Methodology report to explain data sources, urban definitions, forecast methods and approaches to estimate and fill missing data, as well as to outline the linkages to Oxford Economics’ Global Economic Model.

■■ Regular updates. To ensure you have the latest information for these dynamic and rapidly changing markets, we update our forecasts on an annual basis.

■■ Advanced analytical functions. Our web-based databank allows users to quickly build custom queries with complete flexibility and view the data in tables, charts, and maps.

■■ Economist support. We offer full support to clients to answer questions about our data or forecasts.

This unparalleled forecasting service, covering a combined population of 1.3 billion people, measures, tracks, benchmarks, and forecasts economic performance and change in key city locations across the Middle East and Africa.

City coverageMiddle East and North Africa (18 countries, 54 cities)

Algeria: Algiers, Constantine, Oran; Bahrain: Manama; Egypt: Alexandria, Al-Mansura, Cairo, Luxor, Mahalla el-Kubra, Port Said, Suez; Iran: Ahvaz, Esfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Mashhad, Orumiyeh, Qom, Rasht, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Zahedan; Iraq: Baghdad, Mosul; Israel: Haifa, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv; Jordan: Amman; Kuwait: Kuwait City; Lebanon: Beirut; Libya: Tripoli; Morocco: Agadir, Casablanca, Fès, Marrakech, Meknès, Rabat, Tanger; Oman: Muscat; Qatar: Doha; Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Mecca, Medina, Riyadh; UAE: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah; Sudan: Khartoum; Tunisia: Sfax, Tunis, Sousse; Yemen: Aden, Sana’a.

Sub-Saharan Africa (43 countries, 80 cities)

Angola: Huambo, Luanda; Benin: Cotonou; Botswana: Gaborone; Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou; Burundi: Bujumbura; Cameroon: Douala, Yaoundé; Cape Verde: Praia; Central African Republic: Bangui; Chad: N’Djaména; Congo Brazzaville: Pointe-Noire; Côte d’Ivoire: Abidjan, Yamoussoukro; Democratic Republic of Congo: Kinshasa; Djibouti: Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea: Malabo; Eritrea: Asmara; Ethiopia: Addis Ababa; Gabon: Libreville; Gambia: Banjul; Ghana: Accra, Kumasi; Guinea: Conakry; Guinea-Bissau: Bissau; Kenya: Mombasa, Nairobi; Liberia: Monrovia; Lesotho: Maseru; Madagascar: Antananarivo; Malawi: Blantyre City, Lilongwe; Mali: Bamako; Mauritania: Nouakchott; Mauritius: Port Louis; Mozambique: Beira, Maputo; Namibia: Windhoek; Niger: Niamey; Nigeria: Aba, Abeokuta, Abuja, Benin City, Enugu, Ibadan, Ilorin, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Maiduguri, Ogbomosho, Onitsha, Port Harcourt, Zaria; Rwanda: Kigali; Senegal: Dakar; Sierra Leone: Freetown; South Africa: Bloemfontein, Cape

Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Kimberley, Nelspruit, Polokwane; Swaziland: Mbabane; Tanzania: Arusha, Dar Es Salaam, Dodoma, Mwanza; Togo: Lomé; Uganda: Kampala; Zambia: Kitwe, Lusaka, Ndola; Zimbabwe: Bulawayo, Harare.

Indicators includedThe service includes coverage of the following series, which are updated once a quarter: GDP; Employment by sector; Population; Households and household income; Consumer spending; Retail sales.

For a full list of indicators covered, click here.

Software and service■■ Global Data Workstation. A web-based application

that provides a variety of data selection, heat map, chart visualisations, data downloads, data sharing, and personalisation features. All assets can be exported as image or Excel files.

■■ Excel Data Workstation. An add-in which allows the user to import data selectively or make use of pre-built dashboards.

■■ Economist access. Our team of economists are on hand to provide guidance and answers to your most pressing questions.

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