Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income
Qatar: key statistics
Qatar has 3.0m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $72,525. Below: 74 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Doha
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- Qatari riyal QAR
- Languages
- Arabic
- ISO codes
- QAQAT
- Land neighbours
- Iran, Saudi Arabia
Population3.0m2025 · rank 138 of 217GDP$216bn2025 · rank 56 of 211GDP per capita$72,5252025 · rank 18 of 211Life expectancy82.5 yrs2024 · rank 27 of 217Internet users98.1%2024 · rank 11 of 188Fertility1.722024 · rank 126 of 217CO₂ per person47.33 t2024 · rank 2 of 203Inflation1.3%2024 · rank 139 of 180
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Qatar, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Qatar by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3.0m | 2025 | 138/217 | 20/23 | +27% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 3.92% | 2025 | 4/217 | 4/23 | −4.7 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 99.4% | 2025 | 13/217 | 3/23 | +0.4 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.72 | 2024 | 126/217 | 19/23 | −15% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 1.7% | 2025 | 217/217 | 23/23 | +0.6 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 15.0% | 2025 | 179/217 | 22/23 | +1.1 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 248.7 | 2024 | 56/216 | 8/23 | +33% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 9.5 | 2024 | 165/217 | 22/23 | −14% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 11,637 km² | 2024 | 161/216 | 19/23 | +1.3% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $216bn | 2025 | 56/211 | 9/22 | +33% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $72,525 | 2025 | 18/211 | 1/22 | +5.1% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $128,883 | 2025 | 5/199 | 1/22 | +26% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $74,330 | 2025 | 12/201 | 1/22 | −7.2% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 2.9% | 2025 | 120/210 | 13/22 | −1.9 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | -1.1% | 2025 | 196/210 | 17/22 | +2.8 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 0.3% | 2025 | 189/198 | 21/22 | +0.1 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 57.0% | 2025 | 4/201 | 2/22 | −0.4 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 47.0% | 2025 | 161/201 | 17/22 | +0.9 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 30.6% | 2022 | 28/175 | 5/20 | +3.5 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 57.4% | 2022 | 1/163 | 1/19 | −2.9 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 1.3% | 2024 | 139/180 | 14/21 | −2.1 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 8.2% | 2025 | 33/136 | 5/14 | −31.3 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 4.8% | 2025 | 121/136 | 13/14 | +0.3 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 3.64 | 2025 | 127/210 | 15/22 | ±0.0% | — | |
| Military spending | 6.50% | 2022 | 6/156 | 3/18 | +5.0 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 68.6% | 2022 | 31/184 | 6/21 | −7.9 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 31.6% | 2022 | 128/184 | 15/21 | +2.3 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 100.2% | 2022 | 65/184 | 8/21 | −5.5 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 14.8% | 2025 | 13/185 | 3/20 | +6.3 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 1.4% | 2025 | 124/197 | 15/21 | +0.7 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.6% | 2025 | 136/178 | 11/17 | +0.3 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 582,000 | 2020 | 118/196 | 16/18 | −66% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 0.1% | 2025 | 187/187 | 23/23 | ±0.0 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 0.6% | 2025 | 186/187 | 23/23 | ±0.0 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 87.0% | 2025 | 1/187 | 1/23 | −0.3 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 61.9% | 2025 | 39/187 | 2/23 | +5.9 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $3.7m | 1995 | — | — | — | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.0% | 1995 | — | — | — | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $7.3 | 1995 | — | — | — | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 0.0% | 2017 | 147/151 | 12/13 | — | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 0.0% | 2017 | 149/151 | 12/13 | — | 18.2% | |
| Gini index | 35.1 | 2017 | 74/151 | 6/13 | — | — | |
| Women in parliament | 6.1% | 2025 | 176/190 | 17/22 | +6.1 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 97.8% | 2014 | 38/141 | 5/18 | +8.8 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 97.6% | 2014 | 35/147 | 2/20 | +8.9 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 97.6% | 2024 | 121/191 | 10/19 | −0.4 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 99.6% | 2024 | 63/176 | 5/17 | +1.7 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 43.0% | 2024 | 95/172 | 13/19 | +25.7 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 95.4% | 2024 | 79/168 | 10/19 | +6.2 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 12.2 | 2018 | 142/173 | 16/20 | −2.7% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 3.2% | 2020 | 130/184 | 11/16 | −1.3 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.5 yrs | 2024 | 27/217 | 5/23 | +1.4% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 4.8 | 2024 | 147/196 | 19/23 | −28% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 5.9 | 2024 | 147/196 | 20/23 | −27% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 4 | 2023 | 178/194 | 21/23 | −33% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 2.5% | 2023 | 187/193 | 21/23 | +0.4 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $1,804 | 2023 | 44/193 | 5/23 | −11% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 3.02 | 2023 | 59/180 | 4/22 | −25% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 99% | 2024 | 14/193 | 5/23 | ±0.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 139/153 | 15/20 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 6.2% | 2023 | 124/154 | 17/20 | −5.4 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 100.0% | 2024 | 43/206 | 5/23 | ±0.0 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 99.9% | 2024 | 22/203 | 4/23 | ±0.0 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 98.1% | 2024 | 11/188 | 5/21 | +6.6 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 153.6 | 2024 | 29/210 | 8/23 | +3.1% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 11.8 | 2024 | 112/208 | 10/23 | +16% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 84/215 | 13/23 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 100.0% | 2024 | 32/192 | 9/22 | ±0.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 47.33 t | 2024 | 2/203 | 1/22 | −8.1% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 0.0% | 2021 | 211/212 | 23/23 | −0.1 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 0.3% | 2021 | 195/206 | 19/23 | +0.2 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 0.1% | 2024 | 206/214 | 20/23 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 1.8% | 2024 | 175/206 | 18/23 | +0.2 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 446.4% | 2022 | 8/177 | 6/22 | +7.1 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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