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Wyoming

Overview

Wyoming is located in the Mountain West region of the United States. Cheyenne is the state's capital and largest city. Wyoming is the 10th largest state by area, but is the least populated state in the US with only 586,451 residents. The GDP for Wyoming in 2025 was $52,999,000,000.

Some of Wyoming's top industries are Ag Tech and food products, blockchain technology, data centers and IT, firearms manufacturing, wind energy, outdoor recreation, and manufacturing. Outdoor rec is a major part of Wyoming's economy, with attractions such as Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, a premier ski destination in the US, and Yellowstone National Park, which has nearly 4.8 million annual visitors. Also, Wyoming is the top state in the US for registered guns per capita. Hunting, shooting, and trapping gear attributed $109 million directly to Wyoming's economy. Wyoming has a $2.5 billion agriculture industry. Of that $2.5 billion, livestock accounts for roughly 77% of the direct output, while crop production—led significantly by the state's massive hay yields alongside corn, dry edible beans, and wheat—makes up the remaining 23%.

Wyoming’s economic dynamic with Qatar is uniquely defined by high-level sovereign wealth summits and critical global energy supply chain interdependencies. Inbound trade delegations, featuring the Qatar Free Zones Authority, routinely engage with state business leaders at events like the Wyoming Global Technology Summit in Jackson Hole to discuss rural economic diversification and target foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities. Furthermore, the two regions share a critical global connection in the tech and medical industries via helium production; following Middle Eastern infrastructure disruptions that halted Qatar's massive export operations, global markets heavily turned to ExxonMobil’s LaBarge processing facility in southwest Wyoming—which commands roughly 20% of the world's remaining supply—to offset the shortfall.