Ratio of sport and exercise medicine publications (2002–2016) to population estimate (per million individual) in the Arab world
| Country | Number of sport and exercise medicine publications | Average population (x106) | Publications per million individual of population |
| Algeria | 6 | 35.60 | 0.17 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 1.00 | 5 |
| Comoros | – | 0.70 | – |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0.80 | 1.25 |
| Egypt | 114 | 79.60 | 1.43 |
| Iraq | 7 | 30.90 | 0.23 |
| Jordan | 92 | 6.40 | 14.38 |
| Kuwait | 35 | 3.00 | 11.67 |
| Lebanon | 37 | 4.50 | 8.22 |
| Libya | 3 | 6.10 | 0.49 |
| Mauritania | – | 3.40 | – |
| Morocco | 28 | 32.00 | 0.88 |
| Oman | 26 | 3.20 | 8.13 |
| Palestine | 2 | 4.10 | 0.49 |
| Qatar | 352 | 1.40 | 251.43 |
| Saudi Arabia | 175 | 27.80 | 6.29 |
| Somalia | – | 9.40 | – |
| Sudan | – | 39.30 | – |
| Syria | 1 | 19.90 | 0.05 |
| Tunisia | 236 | 10.50 | 22.48 |
| UAE | 28 | 6.30 | 4.44 |
| Yemen | – | 23.10 | – |
| Total | 1148 | 137.70 | 8.34 |