Qatar Fun Facts and Why You Should Work There

What could have happened to a place to change it from “one of the most boring places on earth” to becoming <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/qatar/introduction" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">one of the most exciting</a>? Qatar has often been overlooked because of its’ more flamboyant neighbours in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, but no more. Finally, Qatar has come into its own. Here are some of the reasons why you should work here as an overseas worker. <h2>Qatar Fun Facts</h2> <h3>Money Matters</h3> <ul><li>Did you know that <a href="https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/worlds-richest-and-poorest-countries" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Qatar</a> is the <a href="https://www.forbes.com/pictures/egim45egde/1-qatar/#325b97db77df" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">richest country</a> in the world? I won’t bore you with the official figures, but suffice it to say that it is able to offer great salaries to migrant workers. Qatar is projected to become the <a href="https://www.onlineqatar.com/living/salaries-doha-qatar.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">highest-paying nation</a> in the GCC due to billions worth of infrastructure investments.</li><li>The <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">country</a> is highly literate, with 97% of the population able to read and write.</li><li>Qatar has the world’s third largest gas reserve as well as <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2116.html#qa" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">oil reserves</a> exceeding 25 billion barrels. However, the government is making sure that oil and gas is not the sole bread and butter of their economy.</li><li>There are more Indian nationals than Qataris in the country. Another interesting tidbit is that only <a href="http://priyadsouza.com/population-of-qatar-by-nationality-in-2017/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">11.6% of the populace</a> is Qatari, with the rest made up of migrant workers. The country is relying heavily on imported labor.</li><li>The Qatar Council for Health Practitioners (QCHP) <a href="https://www.trueprofile.io/member/resources/get-nursing-license-qatar" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">require DataFlow</a> verification, and you can get your PSV report ahead of time with <a href="https://www.trueprofile.io/get-verified" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">DataFlow.</a></li></ul> <h3>Arts and Culture</h3> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zLhypQOXZDc" width="600" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> <ul><li>The Qatar Museum of Islamic Art is a triumph in both form and function. The architect of the building, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/arts/design/24muse.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">I.M. Pei</a>, had to be coaxed out of retirement and he requested that an artificial island be created for it. The <a href="http://www.mia.org.qa/en/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">museum’s contents</a> span over a thousand years’ worth of Islamic art, gathered from three continents. </li></ul> <figure class="wp-block-image alignnone size-large wp-image-4566 size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="678" src="https://production-prod-trueprofile-blogassets-origin.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/Flickr-Phototravelography.jpg" alt="Qatar Fun Facts and Why You Should Work There" class="wp-image-9580" title="Qatar Fun Facts and Why You Should Work There" srcset="https://production-prod-trueprofile-blogassets-origin.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/Flickr-Phototravelography.jpg 1024w, https://production-prod-trueprofile-blogassets-origin.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/Flickr-Phototravelography-300x199.jpg 300w, https://production-prod-trueprofile-blogassets-origin.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/03/Flickr-Phototravelography-768x509.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption>The Museum of Islamic Art</figcaption></figure> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Qatar will be the <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/sport/2010/04/2010424184010305993.html">first Arabic nation</a> to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Football is the beautiful game and almost every nation in the world will be watching the World Cup! Expect that leading up to the World Cup, Qatar would be very much in the spotlight.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Qatar is a peninsula, and as such, is home to a number of beautiful beaches. Get around in a dhow, the wooden boats that were formerly used for pearling, which is the original industry of Qatar.</li> Qatar as a country has a lot to offer. 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