Index Commentary

Qatar increases its Index ranking by seven places. Energy security is very weak (rank 81) due to weak diversity of electricity production and of energy exports, a small wholesale margin on gasoline and a positive 5 year energy consumption growth trend. However, a decrease in the energy consumption growth trend improved energy security rankings from 2011. An improvement across all indicators also led to a better environmental performance. Qatar continues to perform well in social equity and economic strength with good scores across all indicators. However, a drop in political and societal strength is driven by a small deterioration across all indicators.