Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

Countries where Arabic is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Mongolia

Nepal

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Kosovo

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Romania

Serbia

Ukraine

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Latin America

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

Mexico

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Iran

Turkey

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map highlights the total debt service of G N I. The highest debt service (over 20 percent) is shaded in dark blue in Zambia, around 23.1 percent. Lower levels (less than 5 percent) are shaded in light blue across Africa (Sudan) and Asia (India and China).

Costs of principal repayments and interest paid to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a percentage of total gross national income (GNI)

World Bank

Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)

Percent of GNI

Abbeville

Acadia

Accomack

Adair

Adams

Addison

Aiken

Aitkin

Alachua

Alamance

Alameda

Alamosa

Albany

Albemarle

Alcona

Alcorn

Aleutians East Borough

Alexander

Alfalfa

Alger

Allamakee

Allegan

Allegany

Alleghany

Allegheny

Allen

Allendale

Alpena

Amador

Amelia

Amherst

Amite

Anchorage Municipality

Anderson

Andrew

Andrews

Androscoggin

Angelina

Anne Arundel

Anoka

Anson

Antelope

Antrim

Apache

Appanoose

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)			Change in Acreage of Farmland (U.S.)
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of GNI	Class	Rank	Acres