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Qatar

Capital: DohaRegion: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanIncome: High income
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Qatar's GDP is $239.14B (2026), with a population of 2.9M, and GDP per capita of $76,534. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 6.1%, inflation at 2.6%, government debt at 38.8% of GDP, life expectancy of 82.4 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators. Explore Qatar's full economic profile with 440+ indicators, interactive charts, and historical data below.

GDP
$239.14B
2026
Population
2.9M
2024
GDP per Capita
$76,534
2026
Life Expectancy
82.4 years
2023
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$239.14B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)6.1%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$76,5342026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$410.58B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$131,4022026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.19%2026
GNI (Current USD)$211.94B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$77,2902024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$121,9002024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)58.2%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)46.1%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)0.3%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)12.9%2022
Household Consumption (% of GDP)19.5%2022
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)30.6%2022
Gross Savings (% of GNI)57.4%2022
GDP Deflator (%)-1.5%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$149,8952024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)8.1%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)62.5%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$51,6772021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)25.5%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)37.0%2022
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)15.28%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)12.01%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)27.3%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$127.63B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)2.6%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)38.8%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)1.3%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)10.2%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)1.3%2024
Real Interest Rate (%)7.8%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)6.2%2024
Deposit Interest Rate (%)5.2%2024
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$53.99B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)6.72024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)3.642024
PPP Conversion Factor2.212024
Broad Money (% of GDP)91.4%2023

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)100.2%2022
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)68.6%2022
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)31.6%2022
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$161.69B2022
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$74.52B2022
Merchandise Exports (USD)$94.29B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$35.80B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)0.2%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.7%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$460.2M2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$1.44B2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)0.7%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)2.8%2024
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)17.3%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$37.88B2024

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)119.4%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)0.1%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$170.3M2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)13.3%2024
Listed Domestic Companies522024

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population2.9M2024
Population Growth (%)7.3%2024
Population Density (per km²)2312023
Surface Area (sq km)11,4902023
Land Area (sq km)11,4902023
Urban Population (%)99.3%2024
Urban Population (total)2.8M2024
Rural Population (%)0.7%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth82.4 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male81.6 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female83.4 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)1.72023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)9.92023
Death Rate (per 1,000)0.92023
Net Migration36,2882025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)15.1%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)83.3%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)1.7%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)20.1%2024
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)2.0%2024
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)18.1%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)35.52023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)28.22023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force2.2M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)87.0%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)61.9%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)95.6%2025
Unemployment (%)0.1%2025
Female Unemployment (%)0.4%2025
Male Unemployment (%)0.1%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)0.6%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)1.6%2025
Employment in Industry (%)38.0%2025
Employment in Services (%)60.4%2025
Self-Employed (%)87.4%2022
Vulnerable Employment (%)0.5%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)99.2%2025
Employers (% of total employment)0.4%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)18.0%2025
Employment to Population Ratio (%)86.9%2025
Self-Employed (% of total)0.8%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Primary School Enrollment (%)94.2%2022
Secondary School Enrollment (%)103.0%2022
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)35.1%2022
Primary Completion Rate (%)94.6%2022
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)95.0%2022
Out-of-School Children, Primary13,9382022
Out-of-School Girls, Primary6,0712022
Primary School Teachers14,9312024
Secondary School Teachers12,3682024
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary122018
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary112018
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)17.6%2009
Pupil-Teacher Ratio (Primary)94.72021
Education Spending, Secondary (% of govt)14.7%2009

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)2.5%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$1,8042023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.1%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)7.4%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)32023
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)8.52023
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)1.32022
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)62023
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)3.72023
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)42023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)5.62023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)6.42023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)5.0%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)76.9%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)18.2%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)99.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)96.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)372024
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)6.2%2023
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)10.0%2023
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)22.6%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)2.3%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)4.72021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)1.12020
Maternal Deaths12023
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)372024
People Living with HIV9602024
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)96%2024
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)99%2024
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)96%2024
Physicians (total)312024
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel862024
Dentists (total)25,8512024
Pharmacists (total)3872024
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)1.6%2023
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)2.3%2023
Universal Health Coverage Index842023
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)1972021
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$1,8042023

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)47.32024
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)1352024
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)16,6842022
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)19,3812022
Renewable Electricity Output (%)0.3%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)0.0%2021
Access to Electricity (%)100.0%2023
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)100.0%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)75.72020
Forest Area (%)0.0%2023
Forest Area (sq km)02023
Arable Land (%)1.8%2023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)5.8%2024
Marine Protected Areas (%)2.3%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)100.0%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)99.9%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)6.4%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)18,2752023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)145.72022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)153.32022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)140.12022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)1212023
Total Fisheries Production (metric tonnes)18,9702023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)240.22023
Agricultural Irrigated Land (%)17.6%2023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)446.4%2022
Cereal Production (metric tons)2,2092023

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)99.7%2023
Mobile Subscriptions (per 100 people)1582023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)11.62023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)445.42024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.68%2021
Patent Applications, Residents472021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents7222021
Scientific Journal Articles2,6502022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$308.2M2024
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)3.4%2024
ICT Service Exports (USD)$1.04B2024
Researchers in R&D (per million)9482021

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried37.7M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)13,926.62023
Container Port Traffic (TEU)1.5M2021
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.502022
Electricity from Oil (%)0.3%2021
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)4.4%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)61.7%2022
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)98.8%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)107.9%2018
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)5.72023
Gender Parity Index, Primary105.452018
Gender Parity Index, Secondary0.952010
Gender Parity in Primary Education1.022021

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption0.72023
Government Effectiveness1.22023
Political Stability0.992023
Regulatory Quality0.982023
Rule of Law0.932023
Voice & Accountability-0.972023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)75.0%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)85.8%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)80.2%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)84.4%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)6.5%2022
Military Expenditure (USD)$15.41B2022
Armed Forces Personnel22,0002020
Armed Forces (% of labor force)1.1%2020
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)26.9%2022
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)0.12022

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.642020
Human Capital Index, Female0.672020
Human Capital Index, Male0.612020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School8.8 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals582,0002020
Tourism Receipts (USD)$14.32B2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$11.50B2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)20.2%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$10.76B2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Urban Population Growth (%)7.4%2024
Population in Largest City831,6892025
Population in Largest City (% of urban)28.7%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)0.0%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)1.8%2024
Access to Safely Managed Drinking Water (%)95.3%2024
Access to Safely Managed Sanitation (%)99.9%2024

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