WhatsApp Business API in Middle East

Bahrain

Rest of Middle East ≈100% internet penetration View market guide

GCC

Mixed: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar have direct Meta markets; Bahrain/Kuwait/Oman generally map to Rest of Middle East 50M+ directional WhatsApp-capable audience View market guide

Iran

Rest of Middle East Not applicable — access restricted View market guide

Iraq

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Israel

Rest of Middle East ≈99% population usage rate View market guide

Jordan

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Kuwait

Rest of Middle East ≈99.7% internet penetration View market guide

Lebanon

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Oman

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration in a near-fully-connected market; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Palestine

Rest of Middle East ≈86.6% internet penetration overall (≈4.86M internet users), with substantially lower smartphone ownership in Gaza (≈35% in 2025) than the West Bank (≈86% in early 2026) View market guide

Qatar

Rest of Middle East ≈99.7% internet penetration View market guide

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia ≈31.9M monthly-use audience proxy View market guide

Syria

Rest of Middle East Not established — infrastructure and access are still recovering View market guide

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates WhatsApp ranks #1; 11.3M internet users View market guide

Yemen

Rest of Middle East ≈17.7% internet penetration (≈7.44M internet users) View market guide