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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "almost twice the size of Delaware; slightly smaller than Connecticut",
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"Area comparison map": {
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"text": null
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"text": "almost twice the size of Delaware; slightly smaller than Connecticut"
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"Land boundaries": {
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"total": {
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly flat and barren desert"
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Persian Gulf 0 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "28 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m ++ highest point: Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 m"
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}
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"Natural resources": {
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}
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "129.4 sq km (2003)"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "0.06 cu km (2011)"
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.44 cu km/yr (39%/2%/59%)"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "376.9 cu m/yr (2005)"
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}
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"text": "130 sq km (2012)"
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "haze, dust storms, sandstorms common"
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}
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"Geography - note": {
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"text": "strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits"
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"text": "the peninsula occupies a strategic location in the central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "2,258,283 (July 2016 est.)"
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Qatari(s)"
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"text": "Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language"
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other (includes mainly Hindu and other Indian religions) 14% (2004 est.)",
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"religious affiliation": {
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"text": null
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "2,194,817 (July 2015 est.)"
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"text": "Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other (includes mainly Hindu and other Indian religions) 14% (2004 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "12.52% (male 139,353/female 135,514)"
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"text": "12.57% (male 143,859/female 140,027)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "12.96% (male 207,493/female 76,879)"
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"text": "12.62% (male 206,775/female 78,271)"
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "70.23% (male 1,278,442/female 263,051)"
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"text": "70.45% (male 1,321,973/female 269,072)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "3.39% (male 57,581/female 16,886)"
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"text": "3.41% (male 59,418/female 17,578)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "0.89% (male 12,365/female 7,253) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "0.94% (male 13,610/female 7,700) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "32.8 years"
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"text": "33 years"
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"male": {
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"text": "33.9 years"
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"text": "24.1 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "28.1 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "28.1 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "3.07% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "2.64% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "9.84 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "9.7 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "1.53 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "22.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "18.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "1.03 male(s)/female"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "2.7 male(s)/female"
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"text": "2.64 male(s)/female"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "4.86 male(s)/female"
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"text": "4.91 male(s)/female"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "3.41 male(s)/female"
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"text": "3.38 male(s)/female"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "1.71 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "3.39 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.41 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Maternal mortality rate": {
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},
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "6.32 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "6.2 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "6.61 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "6.4 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "6.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "78.59 years"
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"text": "78.7 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "76.58 years"
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"text": "76.7 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "80.65 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "80.8 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "1.91 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.9 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "38% (2012)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2013)"
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"text": "2.2% of GDP (2014)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "7.74 physicians/1,000 population (2010)"
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"text": "41% (2014)"
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"Education expenditures": {
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"text": "2.4% of GDP (2008)"
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"text": "3.5% of GDP (2014)"
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"Literacy": {
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"definition": {
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "14 years"
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"text": "13 years"
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"male": {
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"text": "14 years"
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"text": "13 years"
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"female": {
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"text": "14 years (2005)"
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"text": "14 years (2011)"
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"total": {
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"text": "1.3%"
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"text": "1.1%"
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"male": {
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"text": "0.4%"
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"female": {
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"text": "8.9% (2011 est.)"
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"text": "6.2% (2013 est.)"
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"note": {
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"text": "closest approximation of the native pronunciation is cutter"
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"etymology": {
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"text": "the origin of the name is uncertain, but it dates back at least 2,000 years since a term \"Catharrei\" was used to describe the inhabitants of the peninsula by Pliny the Elder (1st century A.D.), and a \"Catara\" peninsula is depicted on a map by Ptolemy (2nd century A.D.)"
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"Government type": {
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"text": "emirate"
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"text": "absolute monarchy"
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"Capital": {
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"text": "National Day, 18 December (1878), anniversary of Al Thani family accession to the throne; Independence Day, 3 September (1971)"
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "previous 1972 (provisional); latest drafted 2 July 2002, approved by referendum 29 April 2003, endorsed 8 June 2004, effective 9 June 2005 (2015)"
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"text": "previous 1972 (provisional); latest drafted 2 July 2002, approved by referendum 29 April 2003, endorsed 8 June 2004, effective 9 June 2005 (2016)"
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"Citizenship": {
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"citizenship by descent only": {
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"dual citizenship recognized": {
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"text": "no"
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"residency requirement for naturalization": {
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"text": "20 years; 15 years if an Arab national"
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"text": "unicameral Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura (15 seats; members appointed by the monarch); note - the 2003 constitutional referendum called for the election of 30 members, however; the first election scheduled for 2013 was postponed and the current term was initially extended until 2016, but in June 2016, the Amir extended it until at least 2019"
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"text": "although the Advisory Council has limited legislative authority to draft and approve laws, the Amir has final vote on all legislation; Qatar's first legislative elections were expected to be held in 2013, but HAMAD postponed them in a final legislative act prior to handing over power to TAMIM; in principle, the public would elect 30 members and the Amir would appoint 15; the Advisory Council would have authority to approve the national budget, hold ministers accountable through no-confidence votes, and propose legislation; the 29-member Central Municipal Council - first elected in 1999 - has limited consultative authority aimed at improving municipal services; members elected for a 4-year term; next election scheduled for May 2019"
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of the court president and several judges); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 members); note - the Supreme Constitutional Court was established in 1999, but has not been fully implemented"
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"text": "Supreme Court or Court of Cassation (consists of the court president and several judges); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 members)"
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"text": "Supreme Court judges nominated by the Supreme Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body consisting of judiciary heads appointed by the Amir; judges appointed for 3-year renewable terms; Supreme Constitutional Court members nominated by the Supreme Judicial Supreme Council and appointed by the monarch; term of appointment NA"
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"text": "Supreme Court judges nominated by the Supreme Judiciary Council, a 9-member independent body consisting of judiciary heads appointed by the Amir; judges appointed for 3-year renewable terms; Supreme Constitutional Court members nominated by the Supreme Judiciary Council and appointed by the monarch; term of appointment NA"
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"text": "Courts of Appeal; Courts of First Instance; Sharia Courts; Courts of Justice; Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Center, established in 2009, provides dispute services for institutions and bodies in Qatar, as well as internationally"
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"text": "Courts of Appeal; Administrative Court; courts of first instance; sharia courts; Courts of Justice; Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Center, established in 2009, provides dispute services for institutions and bodies in Qatar, as well as internationally"
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"text": "Houston, Los Angeles"
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"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Dana Shell SMITH (8 September 2014)"
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"text": "Ambassador Dana Shell SMITH (since 8 September 2014)"
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"embassy": {
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"text": "Al-Luqta District, 22 February Road, Doha"
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"text": "Qatar has prospered in the last several years with continued high real GDP growth. GDP was driven largely by the oil and gas sector however growth in the manufacturing, construction, and financial services sectors have pushed the non-oil component to just over half of Qatar’s nominal GDP for the first time since 2000. Economic policy is focused on sustaining Qatar's nonassociated natural gas reserves and increasing private and foreign investment in non-energy sectors, but oil and gas still account for roughly 92% of export earnings, and 62% of government revenues. Oil and gas have made Qatar the world's highest per-capita income country and the country with the lowest unemployment. Proved oil reserves in excess of 25 billion barrels should enable continued output at current levels for about 56 years. Qatar's proved reserves of natural gas exceed 25 trillion cubic meters, about 13% of the world total and third largest in the world. Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid is accelerating large-scale infrastructure projects such as Qatar's metro system, light rail system, the construction of a new port, roads, stadiums and related sporting infrastructure. The new Hamad International Airport opened in mid-2014 with an initial annual passenger capacity of 24 million and with a projected 50 million when complete."
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"text": "Qatar has prospered in the last several years with continued high real GDP growth, but low oil prices have dampened the outlook. Qatar was the only Gulf Cooperation Council member that avoided a budget deficit in 2015, but it projects a $12.8 billion deficit, 6% of GDP in 2016. ++ ++ GDP is driven largely by the oil and gas sector; however, growth in manufacturing, construction, and financial services have lifted the non-oil sectors to just over half of Qatar’s nominal GDP. Economic policy is focused on sustaining Qatar's non-associated natural gas reserves and increasing private and foreign investment in non-energy sectors, but oil and gas still account for roughly 92% of export earnings, and 56% of government revenues. Oil and gas have made Qatar the world's highest per-capita income country and the country with the lowest unemployment. Proved oil reserves in excess of 25 billion barrels should enable continued output at current levels for about 56 years. Qatar's proved reserves of natural gas exceed 25 trillion cubic meters, about 13% of the world total and third largest in the world. ++ ++ Qatar's successful 2022 World Cup bid is accelerating large-scale infrastructure projects such as its metro system, light rail system, construction of a new port, roads, stadiums and related sporting infrastructure."
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$306.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $294.9 billion (2013 est.) ++ $282 billion (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$321.7 billion (2015 est.) ++ $310.3 billion (2014 est.) ++ $298.4 billion (2013 est.)",
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$210.1 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$166.9 billion (2015 est.)"
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "4% (2014 est.) ++ 4.6% (2013 est.) ++ 4.9% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "3.7% (2015 est.) ++ 4% (2014 est.) ++ 4.6% (2013 est.)"
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
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"text": "$137,200 (2014 est.) ++ $131,900 (2013 est.) ++ $126,100 (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$132,900 (2015 est.) ++ $138,800 (2014 est.) ++ $145,900 (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"text": "58.5% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 59.5% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 60.7% of GDP (2012 est.)"
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"text": "47% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 57.6% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 59.7% of GDP (2013 est.)"
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"household consumption": {
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"text": "14.8%"
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"government consumption": {
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"text": "14.1%"
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"text": "19.4%"
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"investment in fixed capital": {
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"text": "33.9%"
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"text": "-1.6%"
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"exports of goods and services": {
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"text": "0.1%"
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},
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"industry": {
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"text": "68%"
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"text": "55.7%"
|
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},
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"services": {
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"text": "32.1% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "44.1% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Agriculture - products": {
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"text": "liquefied natural gas, crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair"
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},
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"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
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"text": "0.9% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "2% (2015 est.)"
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},
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"Labor force": {
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"text": "1.593 million (2014 est.)"
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"text": "1.644 million (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"Unemployment rate": {
|
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"text": "0.4% (2014 est.) ++ 0.3% (2013 est.)"
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"text": "0.4% (2015 est.) ++ 0.4% (2014 est.)"
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},
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"Population below poverty line": {
|
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"text": "NA%"
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},
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"Budget": {
|
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"revenues": {
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"text": "$92.46 billion"
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"text": "$57.45 billion"
|
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},
|
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"expenditures": {
|
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"text": "$58.54 billion (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "$56.44 billion (2015 est.)"
|
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}
|
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},
|
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"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
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"text": "44% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "31% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
||||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
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"text": "16.1% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "0.5% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"Public debt": {
|
||||
"text": "31.9% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 32.3% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "41.6% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 31.9% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Fiscal year": {
|
||||
"text": "1 April - 31 March"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||||
"text": "3% (2014 est.) ++ 3.1% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "1.8% (2015 est.) ++ 3.4% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (31 December 2012) ++ 4.93% (31 December 2011)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 4.5% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "4.5% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 4.5% (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
||||
"text": "$34.14 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $29.1 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$34.87 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $34.14 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of broad money": {
|
||||
"text": "$142.1 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $125.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$155.8 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $138.5 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
||||
"text": "$168.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $149.5 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$200.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $168.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
||||
"text": "$126.4 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $125.4 billion (31 December 2011) ++ $123.6 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$142.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $185.9 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $152.6 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current account balance": {
|
||||
"text": "$54.84 billion (2014 est.) ++ $62.42 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$13.75 billion (2015 est.) ++ $49.41 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports": {
|
||||
"text": "$131.6 billion (2014 est.) ++ $136.8 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$77.29 billion (2015 est.) ++ $126.7 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "Japan 25.3%, South Korea 18.8%, India 12.7%, China 7.7%, Singapore 6.2%, UAE 5.1% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "Japan 25.4%, India 14.6%, China 8.4%, UAE 6.8%, Singapore 5.6%, UK 5.5%, Thailand 4.2% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports": {
|
||||
"text": "$38.23 billion (2014 est.) ++ $31.47 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$28.5 billion (2015 est.) ++ $31.15 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "US 11.5%, China 10.6%, UAE 8.2%, Germany 7.1%, Japan 6.4%, UK 5.5%, Italy 4.9%, Saudi Arabia 4.6% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "China 11.9%, US 11.3%, UAE 9%, Germany 7.7%, Japan 6.7%, UK 5.9%, Italy 4.6%, Saudi Arabia 4.4% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
||||
"text": "$43.32 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $42.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$37.26 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $43.32 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Debt - external": {
|
||||
"text": "$156.8 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $149.2 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$141.6 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $138.2 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
|
||||
"text": "$33.46 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $32.42 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$34.53 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $33.46 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad": {
|
||||
"text": "$45.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $38.96 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$49.73 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $45.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||||
"text": "Qatari rials (QAR) per US dollar - ++ 3.64 (2014 est.) ++ 3.64 (2013 est.) ++ 3.64 (2012 est.) ++ 3.64 (2011 est.) ++ 3.64 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "Qatari rials (QAR) per US dollar - ++ 3.64 (2015 est.) ++ 3.64 (2014 est.) ++ 3.64 (2013 est.) ++ 3.64 (2012 est.) ++ 3.64 (2011 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Energy": {
|
||||
"Electricity access": {
|
||||
"population without electricity": {
|
||||
"text": "45,165"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||||
"text": "98%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - urban areas": {
|
||||
"text": "98%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - rural areas": {
|
||||
"text": "93% (2012)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - production": {
|
||||
"text": "32.7 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -720,18 +731,18 @@
|
|||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "420,000"
|
||||
"text": "428,858"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "20 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "20 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "3.3 million"
|
||||
"text": "3.61 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "156 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "164 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephone system": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -739,34 +750,45 @@
|
|||
"text": "modern system centered in Doha"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 130 telephones per 100 persons"
|
||||
"text": "combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 180 telephones per 100 persons"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "country code - 974; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides links to Asia, Middle East, Europe, and the US; tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and the UAE; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "TV and radio broadcast licensing and access to local media markets are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari government, but has evolved to independent corporate status; Al-Jazeera claims editorial independence in broadcasting; local radio transmissions include state, private, and international broadcasters on FM frequencies in Doha; in August 2013, Qatar's satellite company Es'hailSat launched its first communications satellite Es'hail 1 (manufactured in the US), which entered commercial service in December 2013 to provide improved television broadcasting capability and expand availability of voice and internet; Es'hailSat released a request for proposals in March 2014 for its second satellite to launch in 2016 (2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "1 (plus 3 repeaters) (2001)"
|
||||
"text": "TV and radio broadcast licensing and access to local media markets are state controlled; home of the satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera, which was originally owned and financed by the Qatari government but has evolved to independent corporate status; Al-Jazeera claims editorial independence in broadcasting; local radio transmissions include state, private, and international broadcasters on FM frequencies in Doha; in August 2013, Qatar's satellite company Es'hailSat launched its first communications satellite Es'hail 1 (manufactured in the US), which entered commercial service in December 2013 to provide improved television broadcasting capability and expand availability of voice and internet; Es'hailSat released a request for proposals in March 2014 for its second satellite to launch in 2016 (2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet country code": {
|
||||
"text": ".qa"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "2.1 million"
|
||||
"text": "2.039 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "96.7% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "92.9% (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"National air transport system": {
|
||||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "2"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "199"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "25,263,224"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "7,563,307,390 mt-km (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||||
"text": "A7 (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "6 (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -789,7 +811,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "1"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"under 914 m": {
|
||||
"text": " ++ 1 (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "1 (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Heliports": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -826,36 +848,12 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military": {
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military branches": {
|
||||
"text": "Qatari Emiri Land Force (QELF), Qatari Emiri Navy (QEN), Qatari Emiri Air Force (QEAF) (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "conscription for males aged 18-35; 4 month general obligation, 3 months for graduates (2014)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "389,487"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "165,572 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "321,974"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "140,176 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "6,429"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "5,162 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
"text": "conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates (2014)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transnational Issues": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -864,15 +862,15 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"stateless persons": {
|
||||
"text": "1,200 (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "1,200 (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Trafficking in persons": {
|
||||
"current situation": {
|
||||
"text": "Qatar is a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor, and, to a much lesser extent, forced prostitution; the predominantly foreign workforce migrates to Qatar legally but often experiences situations of forced labor, including debt bondage, delayed or nonpayment of salaries, confiscation of passports, abuse, hazardous working conditions, and squalid living arrangements; foreign female domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because of their isolation in private homes and lack of protection under Qatari labor laws; some women who migrate for work are also forced into prostitution"
|
||||
"text": "Qatar is a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor, and, to a much lesser extent, forced prostitution; the predominantly foreign workforce migrates to Qatar legally for low- and semi-skilled work but often experiences situations of forced labor, including debt bondage, delayed or nonpayment of salaries, confiscation of passports, abuse, hazardous working conditions, and squalid living arrangements; foreign female domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because of their isolation in private homes and lack of protection under Qatari labor laws; some women who migrate for work are also forced into prostitution"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"tier rating": {
|
||||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List – Qatar does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; in 2013, the government took action to prevent human trafficking by convicting individuals for visa selling, doubling the number of labor inspectors, closing some recruitment firms, and implementing anti-trafficking awareness campaigns; authorities identified some trafficking victims and provided them with shelter and other protection services; the government did not reform the exploitive sponsorship system, prosecute or convict any trafficking offenders, or rigorously enforce laws prohibiting employers from wage and passport withholding (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "Tier 2 Watch List – Qatar does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government investigated 11 trafficking cases but did not prosecute or convict any offenders, including exploitative employers and recruitment agencies; the primary solution for resolving labor violations was to transfer a worker’s sponsorship to a new employer with minimal effort to investigate whether a forced labor violation had occurred; authorities increased their efforts to protect some trafficking victims, although many victims of forced labor, particularly domestic workers, remained unidentified and unprotected and were sometimes punished for immigration violations or running away from an employer or sponsor; authorities visited worksites throughout the country to meet and educate workers and employers on trafficking regulations, but the government failed to abolish or reform the sponsorship system, perpetuating Qatar’s forced labor problem (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
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