GDP per capita is not a particularly meaningful statistic in the case of a country where the bulk of the oil and gas revenue goes straight in to the pockets of the government and the ruling elite.
If the average (per capita) GDP amount was spread less inequitably amongst the citizens of this country there wouldn't be trillions of dollars in sovereign wealth funds, a handful of teenagers driving bugattis, while thousands of Qataris live in the low income Barwa housing along with the semi-skilled migrants.
I know heaps and heaps of Qataris who struggle to make ends meet, can't afford to move out of home, and have trouble living from one month to the rest. To them, the impressive 'GDP per capita' numbers are just salt in their wounds, while they see other nationals who do nothing more than wake up to earn their monthly stipend.
GDP per capita is not a particularly meaningful statistic in the case of a country where the bulk of the oil and gas revenue goes straight in to the pockets of the government and the ruling elite.
If the average (per capita) GDP amount was spread less inequitably amongst the citizens of this country there wouldn't be trillions of dollars in sovereign wealth funds, a handful of teenagers driving bugattis, while thousands of Qataris live in the low income Barwa housing along with the semi-skilled migrants.
I know heaps and heaps of Qataris who struggle to make ends meet, can't afford to move out of home, and have trouble living from one month to the rest. To them, the impressive 'GDP per capita' numbers are just salt in their wounds, while they see other nationals who do nothing more than wake up to earn their monthly stipend.