| Project highlights in this segment include the multibillion-dollar Doha Expressway and the , which will connect Qatar to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and is considered a milestone in regional interconnectivity | In 2011, the number of beds decreased to 12 per 10,000 people, whereas the number of doctors increased to 28 per 10,000 people |
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| The treaty reserved foreign affairs and defence to the United Kingdom but allowed internal autonomy | ; Tarfa Nasser Alnaimi; Shaikha Hamad Alhajri 1 November 2010 |
When Britain officially announced in 1968 that it would withdraw from the Persian Gulf in three years' time, Qatar joined talks with Bahrain and seven other to create a federation.
17| is commonly used as a second language, and a rising , especially in commerce, to the extent that steps are being taken to try to preserve Arabic from English's encroachment | SIPRI writes that Qatar's plans to transform and significantly enlarge its armed forces have accelerated |
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| Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 | Besides, it has won Airline of the Year in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017 and 2019 due to its outstanding performance and employs more than 46,000 professionals |
Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Gulf.
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