Sovereign Risk Country Scorecard: Qatar, Q4
​For 20 years, Qatar has reaped the benefits of having by far the largest gas reserves per capita in the world and, since 2007, has been the biggest LNG exporter in the world. A strong development trend has allowed the country to ride out downward phases in oil prices since 2008 with limited economic damage, masking the weaknesses of what is, after all, a rentier model. The collapse of oil and gas prices since the end of 2014 has translated into red signals on gross public and external debt, in terms of both trends and absolute levels. Qatar appears rather vulnerable to a prolonged period of depressed oil and LNG prices. Although assets held by the Sovereign Wealth Fund still provide a significant buffer, an inability to keep growing assets or, worse, the need to liquidate, would put at risk the country’s general strategy of independent foreign policy and support for Muslim Brotherhood ideology-friendly movements abroad.
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