Revolutionary Measures

Using Tunsia and Egypt as benchmarks, measures for other counties ar colored if they meet or exceed those thresholds. (In the case of median age and level of democracy, lower numbers are colored.)

Data not available in all catagories or areas.
  Median age Unemployment rate Income inequality Spending on food Level of Democracy Regime type Internet Penetration
Tunisia 29.7 14.0 40.0 36.6 2.8 Authoritarian 34.0
Egypt 24.0 9.7 34.4 35.8 3.1 Authoritarian 21.1

Other North African

Algeria 27.1 9.9 35.3 43.8 3.4 Authoritarian 13.6
Morocco 26.5 9.8   40.3 3.7 Authoritarian  
Libya 24.2 30.0     1.9 Authoritarian 5.5
Sudan 18.4 18.7     2.4 Authoritarian 10.0

Middle Eastern

Jordan 21.8 13.4 39.7 40.8 3.7 Authoritarian 27.2
Iran 26.3 14.0 44.5 26.8 1.9 Authoritarian 43.2
Yemen 17.9 35.0 37.7   2.6 Authoritarian 1.8
Oman 25.9 15.0     2.9 Authoritarian 41.7
Saudi Arabia 24.9 10.8   23.7 1.8 Authoritarian 38.1
Turkey 28.1 12.4 41.0 24.5 5.7 Hybrid 45.0
Kuwait 26.4 2.2 3.9 14.6 3.9 Authoritarian 39.4
Bahrain 30.4 15.0   14.5 3.5 Authoritarian 88.0
Syria 21.0 8.3     2.3 Authoritarian 17.7
Israel 29.3 6.4 39.2 17.8 7.5 Flawed democracy 71.6
Qatar 30.8 0.5   12.8 3.1 Authoritarian 51.8
Gaza Strip 17.5 40.0     5.4 Hybrid  
West Bank 20.6 16.5     5.4 Hybrid 14.2
Iraq 20.5 15.3     4.0 Hybrid 1.1
Lebanon 29.4       5.8 Hybrid 24.2
UAR 30.2 2.4   9.0 2.5 Hybrid 75.9
Cyprus 34.5 6.0 29.0   7.3 Flawed democracy 39.3

For Comparison

US 36.8 9.0 45.0 6.8 8.2 Democracy 77.3


Unemployment rate: Most recent estimates
Income inequality: (Gini index) Higher numbers represent more income inequity
Spending on food: On food consumed at home, as a percent of household spending, 2008
Level of democracy: (Scale of 1 to 10); Regime type: Both from Economist Intelligence Unit's "Democracy Index 2010"
Internet Penetration: Users as a percentage of the population, 2010
Source: Data for median age, unemployment rate and income inequality for the CIA's "The World Fact Book". (U.S. unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics); food spending data from the Economist Intelligence Unit's "Democracy Index 2010"; and, Internet penetration data from Internet World, internetworldstat.com