Tentmaker Reports
Qatar Report
Entrepreneurial Missions Index
50.44
General Information
Population
1,758,793 (138th most populous country in the world)
| RELIGIONS | |
|---|---|
| Muslim | 77.5% |
| Christian | 8.5% |
| Other | 14.0% |
| LANGUAGES | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | |
| English |
Industries
Liquefied natural gas, crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers, petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship repair
Unless otherwise noted, all information included here was obtained from the World Factbook project 4, conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). For more detailed information about Qatar, visit https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html.
Business Information
The World Bank ranks Qatar as 38 out of 183 economies in terms of ease of doing business. The country ranks as 0 (of 183) in terms of ease of starting a business.It requires 0 procedures, takes 0 days, and costs N/A% of income per capita to start a business in Qatar.
In order to start a business in Qatar, one must follow these procedures:
- Apply for approval of the proposed name at the Ministry of Economy and Commerce counter located at the OSS
- Open bank account and deposit minimum capital
- Sign the Articles of Association before a Notary Public at the Ministry of Justice counter located at the OSS
- Register the company with the Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) counter located at the OSS
- Register with the Chamber of Industry & Commerce counter located at the OSS
- Obtain trade license and signage license from the municipality counter located at the OSS
Unless otherwise noted, all information included here was obtained from the Doing Business project 3, conducted by the World Bank. For more detailed information about starting a business in Qatar, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/.
Qatar Economic Freedom
The annual survey Economic Freedom of the World is an indicator produced by the Fraser Institute, a libertarian think tank which attempts to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. Economic Freedom of the World index has been more widely used than any other measure of economic freedom, because of its coverage of a longer time period
Their measure of economic freedom is based on that the following standards:
- Personal choice rather than collective choice,
- Voluntary exchange coordinated by markets rather than allocation via the political process,
- Freedom to enter and compete in markets, and
- Protection of persons and their property from aggression by others.
A state will rate high when it focuses on protection of people and their property from the actions of aggressors, enforcement of contracts, and provision of the limited set of public goods like roads, flood control projects, and money of stable value and little else, but a country’s rating on the EFW summary index will fall as government expenditures increase and regulations expand.
Qatar Summary
Qatar Links
2 Free the World
Gwartney, James and Robert Lawson with Herbert Grubel, Jakob de Haan, Jan-Egbert Sturm, and Eelco Zandberg (2009). Economic Freedom of the World: 2009 Annual Report. Vancouver, BC: The Fraser Institute. Data retrieved from www.freetheworld.com.
