31/03/1998
1 Conscription
conscription does not exist
Qatar has no conscription and has never had. [1]
Qatar does have the highest per capita military expenditure of any country in the world. [2]
recruitment
The armed forces find it hard to obtain the requisite number of recruits. They are mainly composed of foreigners, Qatari citizens constitute only 30 percent of the total. About 20 nationalities are represented in the armed forces, mainly Pakistanis, Bedouins and various Arab groups.