QATAR

Introduction

• Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country located in Southwest Asia

• Total area- 11,585 sq km

• Capital – Doha

• Currency- Riyal

• Language- Arabic

• Main Religion- Muslim, others include Christian & Hindu

Demographics• Total Population 2,123,160

• Population growth rate: 3.58%

• Birth rate: 9.95 births/1,000 population

Age Structute

0-14 years 12.5%

15-24 years 13.4%

25-54 years 69.9%

55-64 years 3.4%

Economy• World's highest per-capita income country

• Country with the lowest unemployment

• Has about 13% of the world total natural gas reserve, third largest in the world

• Total Exports- $12.7 billion of liquefied natural gas, petroleum products, fertilizers, steel

• Total Imports- $39.58 billion of machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals

Import & Export Partners

Export Partners

Japan 26.7%

South Korea 19%

India 12.1%

Singapore 5.7%

China 5.4%

Import Partners

US 14.2%

UAE 11.1%

Saudi Arabia 8.6%

UK 6.4%

Japan 6%

China 4.8%

Germany 4.7%

Italy & France 4.4%

• GDP- 213.1 billion US$

• GDP per capita- 102,100$

• GDP (PPP)- 202.6 billion US$

• GDP composition- Agriculture: 0.1%, Industry: 72.2%, Services: 27.7%

• GDP - real growth rate is 6.13%

Education

Total Literacy Frate 96.3%

Male 96.5%

Female 95.4%

Universities

Qatari institutions

• Qatar University

• Hamad bin Khalifa University

Foreign university campuses

• Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

• Academic Bridge Programme

• Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

• College of North Atlantic Qatar

• Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar

• HEC Paris

• Northwestern University in Qatar

• Stenden University Qatar

• Texas A&M University at Qatar

• Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar

• University College London Qatar

• University of Calgary Qatar

Employment

• Main industries for employment are Crude oil production and refining, petrochemicals, fertilizers.

• Industry contribution in employment-

Service sector- 46.8%

Industry sector- 51.9%

Agriculture sector- 1.4%

Top Companies of Iran• Qatar National Bank

• Industries Qatar

• Ezdan Real Estate

• Mesaieed

• Ooredoo

• Masraf Al Rayan

• Qatar Islamic Bank

• Gulf International

• Qatar Electricity and Water Co

• Commercial Bank of Qatar

• Qatar National Cement Company

• Mannai Corporation

• Al Meera

• Medicare

• Qatar General Insurance

• Woqod

• Vodafone Qatar

• Barwa Real Estate

• Doha Bank

• Qatar Insurance

• Nakilat

• Qatar International Islamic Bank

• Milaha

• United Development Company

• Aamal Holding

• Ahli Bank

• Al Khaliji Commercial Bank

• Qatari Investor

• Gulf Warehousing Company

Tourism

• Qatar tourism expanded mainly due to Qatar Airways’ expandingroute network with passengers connecting via Doha

• As Qatar prepares for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Developments beganas early as the end of 2011, with 10s of new hotels coming to themarket each year

Top Places to Visit• Museum of Islamic Art-

• Mathaf Museum

• Katara Cultural Village

• Fort Zubarah

• Souq Waqif

• Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani Museum

• Barzan Tower-

• Fanar (Qatar Islamic Cultural Center)

• Qatar National Museum

• Al-Thagab fort

• Aspire Tower

Airlines of Qatar

Total number of airports in Qatar is 6

• Gulf Helicopters

• Qatar Airways

• Qatar Amiri Flight

• Qatar Executive

Airlines Direct from India to Qatar

• Jet Airways flights

• Qatar Airways flights

• Flydubai flights

• Air India Express flights

Other airlines flying to Qatar

• Emirates flights

• SriLankan Airlines flights

• Ethiopian Airlines flights

• Oman Air flights

• Cathay Pacific flights

• Yemenia flights

• Etihad Airways flights

• Kuwait Airways flights

• Royal Nepal Airlines flights

• Gulf Air flights

• Saudia flights PIA flights

• Malaysia Airlines flights

• Biman Bangladesh Airlines flights

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