International rankings of Qatar explained

The following are international rankings of Qatar.

Cities

Doha

• Urban areas by population ranked lower than 131

Demographics

• United Nations

Population ranked 155 out of 221 countries

• Population density ranked 128 out of 241 countries
• United Nations report World Population Policies 2005, Number of immigrants ranked 53 out of 192 countries

Economy

• United Nations: Human Development Index, ranked 33 out of 182 countries
• Nominal GDP 2007, ranked 59 by IMF; ranked 67 by World Bank; ranked 60 by CIA
• Nominal GDP per capita 2006, ranked 3 by IMF; ranked 4 by CIA
• The Economist Quality-of-Life Index 2005, ranked 41 out of 111 countries ^[1]
• * World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report ranked 22 out of 133 countries
• World Economic Forum

Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008, ranked 48 out of 130 countries^[2]

Environment

• Yale University Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Sustainability Index, insufficient data to rank countries^[3]
• US Department of Energy: CO₂ emissions per capita 2004, ranked 1 out of 206 countries^[4]
• The World Factbook

water resources ranked 164 out of 174 countries^[5]

• Waste generation: Per capita, the waste generation rate in Qatar is one of the highest in the world. Each person in Qatar generates an average of four pounds of trash every day. Qatar's population generates 2.5 million tons of solid waste every year.^[6]

Geography

• Total area ranked out of 234 countries

Military

• Center for Strategic and International Studies

active troops ranked out of 166 countries^[7]

Politics

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index ranked 22 out of 180 countries
• Reporters without borders: Worldwide press freedom index, ranked out of 167 countries
• The Economist Democracy Index 2007, ranked 144 out of 167 countries

Society

• Save the Children: State of the World's Mothers report 2006, ranked X out of 110 countries^[8]
• World Health Organization

Suicide rate ranked out of 100 countries

• Institute for Economics and Peace

Global Peace Index ranked 16 out of 144 countries^[9]

Technology

• Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy 2006: ranked in online government services^{[10] [11]}

Other

Organization	Survey	Ranking
Institute for Economics and Peace http://www.economicsandpeace.org/	Global Peace Index	16 out of 144
United Nations Development Programme	Human Development Index	33 out of 182
Transparency International	Corruption Perceptions Index	22 out of 180
World Economic Forum	Global Competitiveness Report	22 out of 133

See also

• Economy of Qatar
• Education in Qatar
• Military of Qatar
• Politics of Qatar
• Lists of countries
• Lists by country
• List of international rankings

Notes and References

1. http://www.economist.com/theworldin/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3372495&d=2005 Worldwide Quality-of-life Index, 2005
2. http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/TravelandTourismReport/index.htm Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2008
3. Web site: Environmental Sustainability Index . 2008-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100204001019/http://epi.yale.edu/Home . 2010-02-04 . dead .
4. Web site: United Nations Millennium Development Goals Indicators . 2008-10-30 . 2011-03-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110317081247/http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx . dead .
5. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2201.html World Factbook 2201
6. News: Qatar deploys strategies to cope with huge amounts of waste. Gulf News Journal. 2015-08-19.
7. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060626_asia_balance_powers.pdf Asia balance of power
8. http://www.savethechildren.org/publications/ State of the World's Mothers 2006
9. Web site: Vision of Humanity . Vision of Humanity . 2010-03-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100118095449/http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/home.php . 2010-01-18 .
10. News: S. Korea rated No. 1 in e-government rankings. The Hankyoreh. 2006-09-04.
11. Web site: Sixth Annual Global e-Government Study. Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy. 2006-08-01.