While Qatari citizens benefit from an extensive social welfare system provided by the state—which includes free healthcare, subsidized education, land allocation, housing loans, and high average public sector salaries—not every individual citizen possesses immense personal wealth. Like any nation, income distribution varies, and while the country boasts one of the highest Gross Domestic Product per capita figures globally due to its massive natural gas reserves, working-class citizens exist alongside high-net-worth families and affluent business owners.