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  • In 2016 Qatar was named the most competitive economy in the Middle East but the country

  • has also been accused of extreme human rights violations, so just how powerful is Qatar?

  • Well, Qatar is located in the Middle East extending into the Persian Gulf, neighboring

  • Saudi Arabia to the west and the United Arab Emirates to the south.

  • At roughly 4500 square miles, Qatar is smaller than the state of Connecticut.

  • But despite its size, its population is booming, with more than 2.5 million residents as of

  • October 2016.

  • The Qatar Peninsula, as part of the Persian Gulf, is located on top of significant petroleum

  • deposits.

  • Qatar contributes around 13 percent of the entire world’s natural gas supply, with

  • gas and oil comprising 92 percent of the country’s export earnings.

  • Qatar’s rapid expansion over the past 30 years is a direct indicator of its high per

  • capita GDPat just more than 74 thousand dollars per person, Qatar ranks as one of

  • the highest in the world as of 2015, just below Luxembourg, Switzerland and Norway,

  • and on some lists Macau.

  • While Qatar is primarily driven by its oil and gas revenues; manufacturing, construction

  • and financial services account for just over half of the country’s GDP, which is roughly

  • $167 billion dollars.

  • Unlike many of its neighbors, Qatar remains largely unaffected by social unrest and political

  • uprising and its military remains modest with 12,000 total active military personnel, the

  • lowest in the region . Statistics from 2010 show that Qatar spends only 1.5 percent of

  • its GDP on defense, considerably below neighboring Saudi Arabia’s current rate of 13.5 percent.

  • Qatar’s relations with the United States blossomed in 1991, after it helped American

  • forces repel an Iraqi attack in Saudi Arabia, the first ground engagement of the Gulf War.

  • Today, Qatar continues to host a large US military presence, and maintains a mutual

  • defense pact.

  • Qatar is peaceful and ranks highly in categories such as low unemployment and limited risk

  • for terrorism and natural disasters.

  • But it’s not without problems.

  • The country faces backlash against its treatment of migrant workers in preparation for the

  • World Cup.

  • Workersgroups first complained in 2014 about harsh working conditions, non-payment

  • and forced labor camps for nearly 1.5 million people.

  • In March 2016, Qatar was given 12 months to end migrant worker slavery or face a UN investigation,

  • the fifth ever country to face such a formal inquiry.

  • Qatar has power in prosperity and political soundness, but its small military and the

  • treatment of its labor force raise doubts about its full potential.

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  • It’s hard to imagine what Qatar would look like without its enormous oil supply.

  • While petroleum has proven to be an invaluable resource to the country, declining oil prices

  • are having a huge impact on the economy.

  • So, could Qatar and other countries in the Middle East ever survive without oil?

  • Find out more in this video.

  • One particularly frightening report from the International Monetary Fund stated that most

  • Middle Eastern countries could run out of money in just five years, but the oil-rich

  • Middle East has spent significant wealth trying to find new sources of income once the petroleum

  • economy becomes unprofitable.

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