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1: Country/Economy Profiles
Qatar
Key indicators, 2010
Population (millions)...................................................1.5
GDP (US$ billions)...................................................129.5
GDP per capita (US$) ...........................................76,168
GDP (PPP) as share (%) of world total..................0.20
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100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
Stage of development
Score
(17)
Factor
driven
302
Transition
12
Transition
23
Efficiency
driven
Innovation
driven
Institutions
77
Innovation
55
Business
sophistication
Infrastructure
66
Macroeconomic
environment
44
33
22
Market size
Health and
primary
education
Higher education
and training
Technological
readiness
Financial market
development
Goods market
efficiency
Labor market efficiency
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10
15
Percent of responses
20
25
Note: From a list of 15 factors, respondents were asked to select the five most problematic for doing business in their country and to rank them between
1 (most problematic) and 5. The bars in the figure show the responses weighted according to their rankings.
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VALUE RANK/142
INDICATOR
VALUE RANK/142
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1.07
1.08
1.09
1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
2.07
2.08
2.09
3.01
3.02
3.03
3.04
3.05
3.06
4.01
4.02
4.03
4.04
4.05
4.06
4.07
4.08
4.09
4.10
5.01
5.02
5.03
5.04
5.05
5.06
5.07
5.08
6.01
6.02
6.03
6.04
6.05
6.06
6.07
6.08
6.09
6.10
6.11
6.12
6.13
6.14
6.15
6.16
7.01
7.02
7.03
7.04
7.05
7.06
7.07
7.08
7.09
8.01
8.02
8.03
8.04
8.05
8.06
8.07
8.08
9.01
9.02
9.03
9.04
9.05
9.06
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12.01
12.02
12.03
12.04
12.05
12.06
12.07
Notes: Values are on a 1-to-7 scale unless otherwise annotated with an asterisk (*). For further details and explanation, please refer to the section How to
Read the Country/Economy Profiles on page 89.
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