Oil and natural gas propel natural resource-driven countries into the wealthiest nations in the world

Qatar, Brunei, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman were economies driven by the oil market; they efficiently exploited oil resources and diversified their economic base for economic development. It thus brought a strong positive impact on elevating living standards, making them one of the 30 most prosperous nations in the world.

Role

Conceptualization, User Experience, Visual Design, Interactive Design

Objective

We probably recognized the top 30 wealthiest nations, but most of us never really spent time knowing what the factors could be to push an economy forward. My goal was to bridge the significant factors that influence economic growth with the top 30 wealthiest countries in 2015, offering a holistic view of the strong economies where the citizens of the nations have more purchasing power than others.

Discovering the story

• How do you measure a country's economy?
• Why use the gross domestic product (GDP) based on purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita to measure an economy?
• What did it take to make them a prosperous country?
• How were the most prosperous countries mainly distributed?
• How did the economy change over the past few years?
• How significant were the gaps between the rich and the low-income group among them?