National name: Dawlat Qatar
Current government officials
Languages: Arabic (official); English a common second language
Ethnicity/race: Arab 40%, Pakistani 18%, Indian 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%
Religion: Religion Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other 14% (2004 census)
Literacy rate: 89% (2004 census)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.): $101.4 billion; per capita $121,700.
Real growth rate: 9.5%.
Inflation: –3.9%.
Unemployment: 0.5%.
Arable land: 1.64%.
Agriculture: fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish.
Labor force: 638,000 (2007 est.).
Industries: crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair.
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish.
Exports: $37.43 billion (2009 est.): liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel.
Imports: $20.87 billion (2009 est.): machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals.
Major trading partners: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, France, U.S., Saudi Arabia, UAE, Germany, UK (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 228,300 (2006); mobile cellular: 919,800 (2006).
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 5, shortwave 1 (1998).
Radios: 256,000 (1997).
Television broadcast stations: 1 (plus three repeaters) (2001).
Televisions: 230,000 (1997).
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 19 (2007).
Internet users: 289,900 (2006). |
