Qatar safest investment destination in MENA region

Qatar is considered the safest investment destination in the MENA region, according to the latest edition of Euromoney’s country risk survey. Qatar is ranked 20th in the MENA region across a range of political, economic and structural risk criteria. Qatar is rated higher than Belgium, Japan and Malaysia, the Qatari daily (Gulf Times) reported Saturday. The Euromoney Country Risk Q3 results Top 10 MENA: country, ECR ranking, ECR score, rank change (Q/Q) in that order: Qatar 20, 75.9, 8, Kuwait 30, 70.9, 2, the UAE 33, 68.9, 1, Oman 34, 68.8, 4, Israel 36, 67.7, -1, Saudi Arabia 39, 66.1, 2, Bahrain 61, 55.5, 16, Morocco 71, 51.4, 2, Jordan 74, 50.8, -5 and Tunisia 78, 48.2, 1.