Question

Compare and contrast the statistics for one country in Asia and another in Middle East about GDP and its composition, labor utilization, standard of living, government budget and debt position, and international trade.

Answer 1

The one Asian country chosen here is India and the other middle eastern country is Qatar.

Although according to size and population, India is much larger, but both the countries are rich in natural resources and are competitive in the international markets.

Point of difference	INDIA	QATAR
1. GDP	$1.84 trillion World Ranking = 11 11 times more than Qatar	$171.48 billion World Ranking = 54
2. Sectoral GDP Composition:	Agriculture and Allied Activities [15.4%] Industry [23%] Services [61.5%]	Agriculture and Allied Activities [0.2%] Industry [50.3%] Services [49.5%]
3. GDP per Capita	$2,625.09 World Ranking = 130	$72,027.98 World Ranking = 2 27 times more than India
4. Unemployment Rate	8.5% World Ranking = 46 17 times more than Qatar	0.5% World Ranking = 112
5. Human Development Index	0.602 World Ranking = 127	0.849 World Ranking = 41 41% more than India
6. Budget Revenue	$172.10 billion World Ranking = 23 2 times more than Qatar	$76.22 billion World Ranking = 40
7. Budget Position	Deficit [5% of GDP] World Ranking = 143	Surplus [14.4% of GDP] World Ranking = 4
8. Debt Position [External]	$378.90 billion World Ranking = 27 3 times more than Qatar	$134.80 billion World Ranking = 36
9. Debt Position [Public Debt]	51% of GDP World Ranking = 61 58% more than Qatar	32.8 % of GDP World Ranking = 106
10. International Trade [Exports]	$301.90 billion World Ranking = 19 2 times more than Qatar	$133.00 billion World Rankin = 31
11. International Trade [Imports]	$503.50 billion World Ranking = 8 16 times more than Qatar	$30.79 billion World Ranking = 63