An International

Migration - Qatar
Case Study
 • Life in Qatar before 1930 involved widespread poverty, malnutrition and
disease.
From Pearl • Most people work in the Pearl fishing industry but that collapse when the
Japanese began to make artificial pearls.
Fishing to • In 1935 the arrival of oil prospectors signal a new future for the state.
Prosperity • The Second World War of 1939 – 45 Delayed oil production for 10 years but,
once production began, the oil income change this tiny, impoverished
nation into one with the second highest per capita income in the world.
From Pearl Fishing
to Prosperity
• Progress was rapid. Qatar's first school
opened in 1952; Its first hospital in
1959. In 1971 it became an
independent state and began to use oil
revenue to develop the country.
• Since 1995, increasing oil prices and
political stability have helped to create
one of the fastest growing economies
in the world.
• This has been helped they having 6%
of the world's natural gas reserves.
From Pearl Fishing to
Prosperity
• Gaining such enormous wealth in a short time span has
meant that the development of the country has relied on
using overseas companies who employ foreign migrants
to construct houses, hotels, offices, infrastructure such
as schools and roads.
From Pearl
Fishing to
Prosperity
• Because of the rapid increase in
wealth (GDP per capita is
US$92,501), most of the indigenous
population either do not have the
necessary skills or do not need to
work, so it is difficult to find local
people to do many jobs, specially if
they are low paid service jobs such
as waitresses and taxi drivers.
Where is Qatar?

• Use an Atlas and this map to describe

the location of Qatar in relation to your
own country. Refer to distance and
direction.
• Describe the location of Qatar in
relation to lines of latitude and
longitude , neighboring countries and
see areas.
Population
Growth
Draw a line graph to show how the
population change between 1965 and
2015.