COUNTRY PROFILE Qatar
Statistical tables Factor I: Economic Performance WORLD COMPETITIVENESS RANKING 2018 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop 1
COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - OVERALL QATAR OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries) 19 13 13 CHALLENGES IN 2018 Invest Invest in education, in education, capabilities capabilities and and skills skills to to allow allow more more productive productive Qatari participation in the labor force. Improve the business and investment climate and attract and retain top international talent in Qatar. Create greater role for the private sector. Promote greater economic efficiency. Manage fiscal resource sustainability and ensure greater efficiency and value for money in public spending. Provided Ministry of by: Development Planning & Statistics, Department of Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics, Department of Environmental and Economic Development Planning, Doha 17 1 BASIC FACTS Rank Capital Doha Land area (square km '000) 12 2017 Exchange Rate (per $) 3.60 2017 Population - market size (millions) 2.73 2017 57 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US$ billions) 167.6 2017 8 GDP (PPP) per capita (US$) 125,006 2017 1 Real GDP growth (%) 1.6 2017 53 Consumer price inflation (%) 0.39 2017 Unemployment rate (%) 0.13 2017 1 Labor force (millions) 2.06 2017 53 Current account balance (% of GDP) 3.82 2017 19 Direct investment stocks inward ($bn) 33.9 2016 53 Direct investment flows inward (% of GDP) 0.59 2017 53 COMPETITIVENESS LANDSCAPE Economic Performance Government Efficiency Business Efficiency Infrastructure Domestic Economy International Trade International Investment Employment 2 Prices 7 Public Finance Tax Policy 1 Institutional Framework 6 Business Legislation 19 Societal Framework Productivity & Efficiency 9 Labor Market Finance Management Practices 5 Attitudes and Values 12 Basic Infrastructure 3 Technological Infrastructure Scientific Infrastructure Health and Environment Education 0 36 55 32 53 9 35 PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (0 countries) POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (3 countries) 12 8 9 9 12 9 10 13 2
COMPETITIVENESS TRENDS - FACTOR BREAKDOWN QATAR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 2 2 2 5 8 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Domestic Economy International Trade 50 International Investment 3 Employment 2 Prices 13 2018 0 2 7 GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY 5 5 10 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Public Finance 3 Tax Policy 1 Institutional Framework 10 Business Legislation 2 Societal Framework 55 2018 36 1 6 19 55 BUSINESS EFFICIENCY 2 20 12 13 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Productivity & Efficiency Labor Market 9 Finance 25 Management Practices 8 Attitudes and Values 13 2018 9 32 5 12 INFRASTRUCTURE 2 7 1 38 38 Sub-Factor Rankings : 2017 Basic Infrastructure 5 Technological Infrastructure 0 Scientific Infrastructure 55 Health and Environment 6 Education 30 2018 3 53 9 35 3
WORLD COMPETITIVENESS DIGITAL RANKING 2018 All data are available from the World Competitiveness Online. Visit our eshop
DIGITAL TRENDS - OVERALL QATAR OVERALL PERFORMANCE (63 countries) Overall Alpha Alpha Factors Beta BetaLabel Gamma GammaLab Sub-Factors 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6.5 2 2 8.5 2 2 10.5 2 2 37 15 38 59 Knowledge Talent Training & education Scientific concentration 28 27 32 2 30 Technology Regulatory framework Capital Technological framework 16 16 8 26 The direction of the triangle indicates the performance change from the last year: improved or stable declined Future readiness Adaptive attitudes Business agility IT integration OVERALL & FACTORS - 5 years OVERALL Knowledge Technology Future readiness 28 32 28 28 28 3 39 37 35 37 30 38 31 31 27 18 28 21 19 16 COMPETITIVENESS & DIGITAL RANKINGS Digital Competitiveness 19 13 13 17 1 N.B. This graph provides only a comparison of the country s performance in the two rankings. 28 32 28 28 28 PEER GROUPS RANKINGS EUROPE - MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA (0 countries) POPULATIONS < 20 MILLION (3 countries) 18 22 18 18 18 18 21 18 18 18 5
u Overall top strengths w Overall top weaknesses FACTORS BREAKDOWN - STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES QATAR KNOWLEDGE Subfactors Talent 29 3 25 19 15 Training & education 28 2 27 2 38 Scientific concentration 8 53 5 55 59 Talent Rank Rank Rank Training & education Scientific concentration Educational assessment PISA - Math 51 Employee training 19 Total expenditure on R&D (%) 9 u International experience 5 Total public expenditure on education 0 Total R&D personnel per capita 8 Foreign highly-skilled personnel 10 w Higher education achievement 56 Female researchers 9 Management of cities 7 Pupil-teacher ratio (tertiary education) 22 w R&D productivity by publication 55 Digital/Technological skills 9 Graduates in Sciences Scientific and technical employment 5 Net flow of international students 18 Women with degrees - u High-tech patent grants TECHNOLOGY Subfactors Regulatory framework 35 6 33 31 32 Capital 22 25 18 17 2 Technological framework 29 36 2 36 30 Regulatory framework Rank Capital Rank Technological framework Rank Starting a business IT & media stock market capitalization - Communications technology 17 w Enforcing contracts 56 Funding for technological development 1 Mobile Broadband subscribers 33 Immigration laws 18 Banking and financial services 10 u Wireless broadband Development and app. of technology 12 Investment risk 17 Internet users 36 Scientific research legislation 1 Venture capital 20 Internet bandwidth speed 29 Intellectual property rights 23 w Investment in Telecommunications 57 w High-tech exports (%) 59 FUTURE READINESS Subfactors Adaptive attitudes 6 10 12 15 16 Business agility 28 32 26 15 8 IT integration 30 37 28 27 26 Adaptive attitudes Rank Business agility Rank IT integration Rank E-Participation 2 Opportunities and threats 7 E-Government 0 Internet retailing - Innovative firms - Public-private partnerships 7 Tablet possession 7 Agility of companies 1 u Cyber security 3 Smartphone possession 6 u Use of big data and analytics 1 Sofware piracy 37 Attitudes toward globalization 19 Knowledge transfer 16 6
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