Qatar - State of Qatar Member
State of Qatar is located on the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia to the west.
Qatar is an emirate, which has a 35-seat Advisory Council that acts as a legislature.
The State holds the world’s third-largest natural gas reserves, after Russia and Iran, and is the largest supplier of LNG in the world. The majority of Qatar’s natural gas is located in the massive offshore North Field, which spans on an area roughly equivalent to Qatar itself.
The GECF Headquarters are located in Doha, Qatar.
Major Indicators
| Land (sq.km) | 11,610 |
| Population (inhabitants) | 2,930,524 |
| Capital | Doha |
| Continent | Middle East |
| Language(s) | Arabic (official), English |
| National currency | Qatari Rial |
| Time Zone | GMT+3 |
| Labor force (inhabitants) | 2,208,868 |
| GDP (current billion US$) | 179.57 |
| GDP per capita (current US$) | 61,276 |
| GDP growth (percentage) | 1.52 |
| Exports of Goods and Services (current billion US$) | 70.93 |
| Proven natural gas reserves (billion c.m.) | 23,831 |
| Natural gas marketed production (billion c.m.) | 208.71 |
| Pipeline exports (billion c.m.) | 21.68 |
| LNG exports (billion c.m.) | 106.27 |
| Domestic natural gas consumption (billion c.m.) | 38.76 |
