据联合国估计,由于海湾危机和战争的冲击,1990年中东各国经济平均增长率从1989年的6.6％剧降到了-5％。且不说直接受害的科威特1990年财政赤字为180亿美元,沙特为150亿美元,伊拉克则“退回到工业化前时代”,就是其他中东国家也是损失惨重,特别是在经济上与海湾国家关系密切或依赖较 According to the UN estimates, due to the impact of the Gulf crisis and the war, the average rate of economic growth in the various countries of the Middle East in 1990 dropped sharply to -5% from 6.6% in 1989. Not to mention the Kuwaiti immediate budget deficit of 18 billion U.S. dollars in 1990, Saudi Arabia’s 15 billion U.S. dollars, and Iraq’s “return to pre-industrialization era”, that is, other Middle East countries also suffered heavy losses, especially economically with the Gulf countries Or more dependent