Qatar Qatar is the GCC country with the highest economic growth during the last decade and the highest GDP per capita. A small country with the largest gas reserves in the world, it is deliberately committed to a slower diversification process than other GCC countries. Thus, the share of non-hydrocarbon sector in the total GDP was slightly higher in 1990 (65%) than in 2011 (55%). Diversification reforms should speed up with the organization of the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Government expenditures will go to the infrastructure, housing and stadiums constructions. Qatar has yet to engage in a comprehensive diversification strategy to include Qatari workforce in the economic growth and to enhance private sector activity, these being the two main challenges of the country in the upcoming decades.