Qatar is currently not a developed country and is in the category of developing countries.
With the hosting of the World Cup, Qatar has recently received a lot of attention from people all over the world. Many people will search on the Internet about all aspects of Qatar, but do not check do not know, a query only to find that the Middle East small country Qatar is so rich.
Qatar's per capita income reached 61,200 dollars last year, and the country's GDP is worth 180 billion dollars. Knowing that there are only over 2 million people in the whole country, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration to describe them as rich as hell. Therefore, Qatar is a developed country in the minds of many people.
But in fact Qatar is not a developed country, although the cartel is very rich, per capita income is also relatively high (generally considered per capita income of more than 30,000 U.S. dollars belongs to the developed countries), but the degree of development of its industrial, scientific and technological development but is relatively backward, and even worse than most of the developing countries.
Qatar's industry basically relies on oil and gas extraction, and the industrial structure is very simple, without any innovation. It can be said that if in a hundred years Qatar's non-renewable resources (oil, natural gas) are depleted, then the country will be in a difficult situation, the only way is to seize the time to develop the heavy industry as well as manufacturing and other modern industries.
Qatar's technological development is also far behind Europe and the United States, and many technical industries are dependent on other countries. In the Qatar World Cup, we also see a lot of Chinese elements, even the main stadium is built by Chinese architects, of course, this is also a side reaction to our country's construction technology has been in a remarkable position.
Whether a country is a developed country or not is basically measured in terms of technology, industry, per capita income and social welfare. While Qatar's per capita income is not low ($61,200 in 2021) and its social welfare is excellent (health care is free and unemployment benefits are said to reach $2,000 a month), its technological and industrial development is relatively backward, so it does not meet the criteria for a developed country.
There are currently 31 recognized developed countries in the world (some say 32, but in fact Hungary is not recognized by the International Monetary Fund), mainly in Europe (with 23 countries), then four in Asia, two in the Americas and two in Australia.
The 23 countries in Europe are "the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Malta, Cyprus."
The four developed countries in Asia are Japan, Israel, South Korea, and Singapore; the two developed countries in the Americas are the U.S. and Canada; and the two developed countries in Australia are New Zealand and Australasia.
Our country is still a developing country, and although the United States will often say that we have met the criteria for being a developed country, we ourselves do not recognize this statement. On the one hand, this is due to other factors, and on the other hand, it may also be that we do not currently meet the standards of developed countries.
Qatar this World Cup on the current point of view of the organization is still good, full of features, full of elements of science and technology, especially the opening ceremony of the more points of view, may be the only they feel more regret is as the host surprisingly in the first round of the tournament 0-2 loss to Ecuador, right.