Comparison of the Efficiencies of the Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Using Data Envelopment Analysis

With the economic and political developments in the Middle East and North African countries, the initiatives and economic activities in these countries are being enhanced. In this study, it is aimed to obtain economic efficiency of MENA countries using data envelopment analysis. 20 countries with complete access to data have been included in the study. Dependent population ratio, inflation rate, unemployment rate and imports of goods were taken as input variables while percentage of per capita GDP, exports and employment were taken as output variables. Output-oriented CCR and output-oriented BCC models were used to determine the efficient and non-efficient countries and reference countries. BAE, Bahrain, Israel, Qatar, Malta, Saudi Arabia and Oman countries have occurred to be technically efficient in both models