The tireless efforts of different ministries and other government entities of Qatar are bearing fruits as the country achieved two distinctions recently which reflect realisation of policies set by country’s leadership.
Qatar has maintained its position as the ‘Safest Country’ in the world according to Numbeo Crime Index by Country 2022 out of 142 surveyed nations. Qatar’s crime index, according to Numbeo, stands at 13.78, while its safety index is 86.22.
The credit of this ranking goes to the Ministry of Interior and its affiliated institutions which through their sincere efforts have made the country the safest place to live in.
Meanwhile, Numbeo ranks Doha as the second safest city in the world with 13.83 crime index and 86.17 safety index.
Numbeo’s crime index calculations approximate the overall degree of crime in the city or country in question, while the safety index is an approximation of the general safety levels. Numbeo also covers current information on living conditions, including the cost of living, housing indicators, healthcare, traffic, and pollution.
At the same time, Qatar has been ranked number one in Arab countries in the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) 2021, issued by UK-based the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Qatar has jumped 13 places to secure 24th place in the ranking of 113 countries in the latest edition of GFSI 2021. The country was ranked at 37th place in the 2020 edition of the report.
Qatar made remarkable achievements in food security despite the difficulties and challenges that the country faced during the years 2017-2021, as well as the harsh climatic and environmental conditions it is facing.
The National Food Security Strategy of Qatar (2018-2023) aims to achieve an abundance of food through local production, strategic storage, and securing import sources and that food prices are appropriate and accessible to all. The strategy also seeks to provide food of good quality and healthy in compliance with the provisions of Shariah. The National Food Security Strategy in Qatar (2018-2023) is based on five main pillars: international trade and logistics, local self-sufficiency, strategic stocks, local markets and supply chains, and research and development.
In 2020-2021, the agricultural sector, in its various vegetable, animal, and fish fields, has achieved clear steps towards achieving food security, increasing agricultural production and the self-sufficiency rate of agricultural products, as the local production of vegetables jumped from about 66,000 tonnes, a 24 percent self-sufficiency rate, in 2018 to about 103,000 tonnes, a 41 percent self-sufficiency rate.
