Lee Kwan Yieu, ex benign 'dictator' of Singapore once made a comment that, to me, was very resonant.
"Democracy does not have a chance of taking off until GDP per capita attains $20000."
Interesting to note Middle Eastern levels above 20k and in descending order, Qatar, UAE Kuwait, Israel Bahrain, ...just under 20 Saudi and Oman, Libya at 17k. and a big drop to Lebanon at 7k, and a long tail of Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, Syria,Morocco, Egypt (2.2k), Yemen.
Mmmmm I wonder if stability can be maintained.