DOHA: Qatar was ranked fourth on 2015 Islamic Growth Markets Investments Index, which ranks countries’ investment potential relative to other members within the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The report was released yesterday by Thomson Reuters in cooperation with DinarStandard Foundation, consulting and research specialists in the field of Islamic markets, during the Islamic Investment Portal Forum in Bahrain.

Among the GCC countries, the UAE was ranked third, Saudi Arabia (seventh), Kuwait (thirteenth), Oman (fourteenth) and Bahrain (eighteenth). The Index is based on a set of nine metrics covering the categories of a country’s growth fundamentals, growth momentum, investment momentum and relative country risk.

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