Richest Muslim Country: Islam is the second largest religion in the world in terms of population, with a following of 1.9 billion. Muslims are in majority in many countries of the world including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, yet, the scale of economic income of these two countries is different. Many of these countries are very poor and many are very rich. Today we are going to tell you about the richest Muslim country in the world. Many Muslim majority countries in the world are very rich.
According to the website of TEMPO.CO, Qatar ranks first among the richest Muslim countries in the world. Qatar is a country with a population of 1.7 million people. In 2011, Qatar’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was approximately US$88,919. This is why Qatar is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. Qatar exports huge quantities of natural gas, oil and petrochemicals, which brings huge profits to this country. Qatar has huge oil reserves.
Qatar is the richest Muslim country in the world
After Qatar comes Kuwait, Kuwait is the second richest Muslim country in the world with a population of 3.5 million. Like Qatar, this country’s GDP per capita in 2011 was $54,664 and it has 104 million barrels of crude oil reserves. Kuwait also has huge oil reserves and the shipping industry is a major contributor to the country’s economy.
Rich Muslim countries earn the most from oil
The Muslim majority country of Brunei Darussalam is the third richest country in the world. In 2010, Brunei had a GDP per capita of $50,506, making it one of the richest countries in the world. Its wealth is supported by excellent oil and natural gas fields that have been operating for over 80 years. The country also contributes 90 percent of hydrogen resource exports. Brunei is the ninth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world and the fourth largest exporter of oil.
Pakistan is not among the rich Muslim countries of the world
Apart from this, the United Arab Emirates is the fourth richest Muslim country in the world. This country also earns a huge amount of money from the export of petroleum and natural gas. Oman is the fifth richest Muslim country in the world. Oman’s gas reserves are known to reach 849.5 billion cubic meters. This country has huge storage of copper, gold, zinc and iron. After this, Saudi Arabia is at number six. Saudi is the second largest oil producing country in the world. At the same time, the seventh richest country in the world is Bahrain. Pakistan’s name is nowhere to be seen in this list.