First in the Arab world... Qatar tops the safety and prosperity index for the year 2023

The State of Qatar ranked first in the Arab world in the list of the safest and most prosperous for the year 2023, a classification prepared by the Arabian Gulf Center for Studies and Research (csrgulf), and it includes 19 Arab countries.

The index is based on 17 sub-criteria: personal safety, response to the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, and exposure to the risks of the global economy entering a state of recession.

As well as the index of political stability, per capita income, state of peace, levels of violence, crime, poverty, development of public debt, unemployment, growth expectations, levels of inflation, effectiveness of government performance, elements of happiness, financial reserves, wealth of future generations, and other criteria.

According to the same classification, the indicators of safety and prosperity in Qatar have improved in most fields, and it has distinguished itself from the rest of the Arab countries in improving the infrastructure, especially digital, enhancing the efficiency of human development, and developing traditional and distance education systems.

Qatar's unparalleled success in organizing the World Cup, the most prominent test during 2022, established its position and clearly reflected its development renaissance and the recovery of non-oil sectors, especially tourism and services. The World Cup 2022 enhanced its attractiveness as a promising platform for foreign investments, with a noticeable improvement in its position as a safe environment and within ideal levels of coexistence, as It was able to reduce security risks to zero, and Qatar benefited from the revival of tourism, investments and intra-trade between Qatar and the GCC countries. Chances of prosperity increased and indicators of confidence in the future of Qatari security and prosperity were further strengthened.

Despite the challenges of public debt growth, the Qatari government succeeded in reducing its indebtedness ratio, taking advantage of the improvement in its energy revenues thanks to the fueling of the Ukrainian war on energy prices, which contributed to increasing the volume and value of Qatar's liquefied gas exports to international markets.

In general, Qatar recorded a noticeable improvement in most of the sectors that affect the life of the Qatari individual, which reflects positively on the safety and optimism of the Qatari citizen in the future.

The Ukrainian war and the repercussions of the Corona pandemic affected global food production and access to it, and this represented a source of great concern and danger to various countries and their ability to achieve stable and sustainable food security. In this regard, Qatar has managed well its food security challenges thanks to effective policies, social structure and proactive measures as well as encouraging local production.

And just as the state strengthened the response to the global economic recession, it also worked to improve indicators of human development, education, progress in solutions to the challenges of quality education, keeping pace with the requirements of the knowledge society, excellence in investing in human intelligence, and ensuring a promising future for tomorrow's generations, while ensuring the stability of the long-term well-being vision and improving the response to adaptation. with climate change. The assessment of the safety situation in Qatar remains advanced in most indicators, while the prospects for prosperity and stability remain encouraging in 2023.
According to the classification, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council maintained their top spot in the list of the safest and most prosperous Arab peoples, as Qataris continued to lead for the third year in a row in the classification of the safest and most prosperous Arab peoples with a bright and optimistic outlook for 2023. The Emiratis, in turn, maintained their second rank for the third year in a row compared to the classification The year is 2022.

It was remarkable that the Omanis ranked third, compared to the fifth in the 2022 classification, thanks to the improvement of various indicators, while the Kuwaitis ranked fourth, compared to the third in the 2022 classification.

While the Bahrainis also fell behind by a rank to the fifth place, while the Saudis maintained the sixth rank.

On the other hand, the Moroccans made progress and rose to seventh place this year compared to the eighth place in the 2022 classification, which went to the Algerians, who in turn advanced in the ranking compared to the ninth place in the 2022 classification. From the twelfth place last year to the ninth place this year in the 2023 classification, thanks to the improvement in the elements of economic and social security, despite the persistence of many challenges. On the other hand, the Jordanians declined in the ranking by about three places, from the seventh place in 2022 to the tenth place in the 2023 classification due to various factors related to the economic and social situation.

It was remarkable that the Tunisians were late in this year's ranking, from the tenth to the eleventh place, due to the fragility of political and economic stability, despite the progress in fighting corruption.

Thanks to various factors, the Iraqis maintained the 13th rank this year with a stimulating outlook despite the challenges. The Libyans settled in the 14th rank, motivated by optimism about improving growth expectations. The ranking of the Lebanese has also stabilized, ranking fifteenth this year, despite the deterioration of living conditions, but with a slight improvement in the assessment of security risks. The Palestinians maintained the sixteenth rank in the ranking due to the continuing risks of conflict with the Israelis and the decline in Arab support. The ranking of Syrians in the classification stabilized at the seventeenth rank due to the increase in the challenges specific to safety and security.

While the Yemenis advanced to the eighteenth rank despite the poor humanitarian conditions, thanks to the continuation of the war truce, on the other hand, the Sudanese rank was delayed to the nineteenth and last rank due to the violence and conflict that erupted in 2022. Due to the lack of data, Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros and South Sudan were not classified. Sudan.