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Oman vs Qatar
Side-by-side comparison of Oman and Qatar from official statistics: size, economy, people, trade, natural resources, health, infrastructure and military, with world ranks, years and sources.
Oman
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · nation age 56 years
Qatar
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · nation age 156 years
In short
Qatar scores 73.6 in the NationsTree Index (23rd in the world) and Oman scores 65.1 (46th), a gap of 8.5 points. Their trees are 9.7 m and 13 m tall; tree height grows with real GDP and is adjusted by the index.
Oman has 85% more people than Qatar. Oman is 27 times larger than Qatar by land area. The economy of Qatar is 65% larger than that of Oman (GDP at purchasing power parity). Population: Oman 5.5 million and Qatar 3.0 million (2025).
GDP per person at purchasing power parity is $128,883 in Qatar and $42,295 in Oman (2025, international dollars). People in Qatar live on average 2.3 years longer (82.5 vs 80.2 years).
Of 33 indicators reported by both countries, Oman ranks higher in the world on 10 and Qatar on 23. Oman is clearly stronger in main industries. Qatar is clearly stronger in tourism, infrastructure & digital and economy.
As a nation, Qatar is the older of the two (statehood since 1870, 156 years), compared with Oman (since 1970). Over the last five years Qatar improved faster (direction score 85 vs 77 out of 100).
Where they differ most
The indicators with the biggest gap in world position between Oman and Qatar.
Over time
How the two countries moved against each other, from the yearly data.
Qatar overtook Oman in the NationsTree Index and GDP (PPP) in 2006 and has stayed ahead since.
Qatar has been ahead of Oman in GDP per person (PPP) and life expectancy in every year since 1990.
Oman has been ahead of Qatar in population in every year since 1990.
Strength by category
Average world percentile of the indicators in each category (0–100, direction taken into account). i
OmanQatar All indicators
Latest available value for each country with its year and world rank. Green: the better world position of the two, red: the weaker one.
| Indicator | Oman | Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Land & people | ||
| Surface area km² | 309,50071st/216 · 2024 | 11,637161st/216 · 2024 |
| Land area km² | 309,50069th/216 · 2024 | 11,490159th/216 · 2024 |
| Population people | 5.5 m120th/217 · 2025 | 3.0 m138th/217 · 2025 |
| Population growth % | 3.96%3rd/217 · 2025 | 3.92%4th/217 · 2025 |
| Population density people/km² | 17.1194th/216 · 2024 | 248.756th/216 · 2024 |
| Urban population % | 79.5%61st/217 · 2025 | 99.4%13th/217 · 2025 |
| Population aged 0–14 % | 24.3%99th/217 · 2025 | 15.0%179th/217 · 2025 |
| Population aged 65+ % | 2.7%202nd/217 · 2025 | 1.7%217th/217 · 2025 |
| Economy | ||
| GDP USD | $109.60 bn71st/210 · 2025 | $215.56 bn56th/210 · 2025 |
| GDP (PPP) intl. USD | $232.40 bn76th/199 · 2025 | $383.07 bn60th/199 · 2025 |
| Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) intl. USD 2021 | $198.59 bn76th/199 · 2025 | $327.35 bn60th/199 · 2025 |
| GDP per person USD | $19,94776th/210 · 2025 | $72,52518th/210 · 2025 |
| GDP per person (PPP) intl. USD | $42,29563rd/199 · 2025 | $128,8835th/199 · 2025 |
| GNI per person (Atlas) USD | $19,52068th/201 · 2024 | $74,33012th/201 · 2025 |
| GDP growth % | 2.4%136th/210 · 2025 | 2.9%120th/210 · 2025 |
| Inflation % | 1.0%35th/180 · 2025 | 1.3%42nd/180 · 2024 |
| Unemployment % | 3.3%49th/187 · 2025 | 0.1%1st/187 · 2025 |
| General government gross debt % of GDP | 34.7%47th/189 · 2025 | 42.5%69th/189 · 2025 |
| Government budget balance % of GDP | 0.6%31st/192 · 2025 | -1.0%54th/192 · 2025 |
| Main industries | ||
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing % of GDP | 2.8%131st/197 · 2025 | 0.3%188th/197 · 2025 |
| Industry incl. construction % of GDP | 52.7%6th/200 · 2025 | 57.0%4th/200 · 2025 |
| Manufacturing % of GDP | 9.4%107th/192 · 2025 | 7.9%125th/192 · 2025 |
| Services % of GDP | 47.2%158th/200 · 2025 | 47.0%160th/200 · 2025 |
| Trade | ||
| Exports of goods & services USD | $70.79 bn55th/182 · 2024 | $161.69 bn38th/182 · 2022 |
| Imports of goods & services USD | $52.26 bn68th/182 · 2024 | $74.52 bn55th/182 · 2022 |
| Exports % of GDP | 66.1%34th/183 · 2024 | 68.6%31st/183 · 2022 |
| Imports % of GDP | 48.8%83rd/183 · 2024 | 31.6%127th/183 · 2022 |
| Trade openness % of GDP | 114.9%45th/183 · 2024 | 100.2%64th/183 · 2022 |
| Fuel exports % of merchandise exports | 72.4%13th/170 · 2025 | 83.8%10th/170 · 2024 |
| Manufactures exports % of merchandise exports | 17.3%112th/171 · 2025 | 11.6%127th/171 · 2024 |
| Food exports % of merchandise exports | 4.3%142nd/171 · 2025 | 0.1%170th/171 · 2024 |
| Ores & metals exports % of merchandise exports | 5.9%58th/171 · 2025 | 2.5%97th/171 · 2024 |
| High-tech exports % of manufactured exports | 5.0%102nd/168 · 2023 | 2.8%123rd/168 · 2024 |
| Current account balance % of GDP | -1.1%93rd/191 · 2025 | 16.4%11th/191 · 2025 |
| Foreign direct investment, inflows % of GDP | 6.2%33rd/196 · 2025 | 1.4%124th/196 · 2025 |
| Natural resources | ||
| Natural resource rents % of GDP | 29.2%13th/209 · 2021 | 27.3%15th/209 · 2021 |
| Oil rents % of GDP | 23.54%7th/197 · 2021 | 15.28%14th/197 · 2021 |
| Natural gas rents % of GDP | 5.67%13th/197 · 2021 | 12.01%3rd/197 · 2021 |
| Coal rents % of GDP | 0.00%68th/195 · 2021 | 0.00%68th/195 · 2021 |
| Mineral rents % of GDP | 0.00%91st/209 · 2021 | 0.00%91st/209 · 2021 |
| Forest rents % of GDP | 0.00%169th/209 · 2021 | 0.00%182nd/209 · 2021 |
| Arable land % of land area | 0.3%204th/206 · 2024 | 1.8%175th/206 · 2024 |
| Renewable freshwater per person m³ | 296161st/183 · 2022 | 21179th/183 · 2022 |
| Tourism | ||
| International tourist arrivals arrivals | 869,000105th/194 · 2020 | 582,000117th/194 · 2020 |
| Tourism receipts USD | $669.0 m87th/175 · 2020 | $14.32 bn11th/175 · 2020 |
| Tourism receipts % of exports | 1.9%131st/168 · 2020 | 20.2%33rd/168 · 2020 |
| Outbound trips departures | 1.7 m52nd/107 · 2020 | — |
| Society & health | ||
| Life expectancy years | 80.252nd/217 · 2024 | 82.527th/217 · 2024 |
| Under-5 mortality per 1,000 births | 10.378th/196 · 2024 | 5.949th/196 · 2024 |
| Physicians per 1,000 people | 1.9981st/174 · 2022 | 3.0258th/174 · 2023 |
| Hospital beds per 1,000 people | 1.0119th/145 · 2023 | 1.3108th/145 · 2022 |
| DPT immunization % of children 12–23 months | 99%1st/193 · 2024 | 96%48th/193 · 2024 |
| Completed lower secondary, 25+ % of adults | 66.4%2015 | 73.7%79th/153 · 2022 |
| Secondary enrolment % gross | 95.1%79th/173 · 2024 | 99.6%63rd/173 · 2024 |
| Old-age dependency ratio % of working-age population | 3.7%214th/217 · 2025 | 2.0%217th/217 · 2025 |
| Health spending % of GDP | 3.5%168th/193 · 2023 | 2.5%187th/193 · 2023 |
| Adult literacy % | 97.3%25th/98 · 2022 | 97.8%2014 |
| Tertiary enrolment % gross | 42.2%92nd/150 · 2024 | 43.0%90th/150 · 2024 |
| Human Development Index index 0–1 | 0.85850th/193 · 2023 | 0.88643rd/193 · 2023 |
| Income inequality (Gini) index | — | 35.12017 |
| Extreme poverty % of population | — | 0.0%2017 |
| Infrastructure & digital | ||
| Access to electricity % of population | 100.0%1st/215 · 2024 | 100.0%1st/215 · 2024 |
| Safely managed drinking water % of population | 91.1%58th/150 · 2024 | 95.3%50th/150 · 2024 |
| Safely managed sanitation % of population | — | 99.9%6th/144 · 2024 |
| Internet users % of population | 95.3%27th/186 · 2024 | 98.1%11th/186 · 2024 |
| Mobile subscriptions per 100 people | 12188th/210 · 2024 | 15429th/210 · 2024 |
| Fixed broadband per 100 people | 11.1116th/208 · 2024 | 11.8112th/208 · 2024 |
| Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) score 1–5 | 3.2046th/164 · 2022 | 3.8019th/164 · 2022 |
| Air passengers carried passengers | 8.7 m51st/161 · 2023 | 37.7 m29th/161 · 2023 |
| Environment & energy | ||
| CO₂ emissions per person t CO₂e | 18.65197th/203 · 2024 | 47.33202nd/203 · 2024 |
| Renewable energy % of final energy use | 0.1%202nd/212 · 2021 | 0.0%207th/212 · 2021 |
| Air pollution (PM2.5) µg/m³ | 46.9187th/200 · 2023 | 107.8200th/200 · 2023 |
| Forest area % of land area | 0.0%209th/214 · 2024 | 0.1%206th/214 · 2024 |
| Energy use per person kg oil eq. | 5,42214th/149 · 2024 | 15,1552nd/149 · 2024 |
| Institutions & safety | ||
| Government effectiveness score 0–100 | 60.172nd/205 · 2025 | 72.740th/205 · 2025 |
| Control of corruption score 0–100 | 58.270th/207 · 2025 | 65.842nd/207 · 2025 |
| Rule of law score 0–100 | 66.972nd/207 · 2025 | 67.969th/207 · 2025 |
| Political stability score 0–100 | 76.072nd/207 · 2025 | 83.938th/207 · 2025 |
| Regulatory quality score 0–100 | 67.443rd/205 · 2025 | 72.734th/205 · 2025 |
| Voice & accountability score 0–100 | 37.4158th/205 · 2025 | 33.9174th/205 · 2025 |
| Homicide rate per 100,000 | 0.13rd/145 · 2023 | 0.12nd/145 · 2022 |
| Military | ||
| Military expenditure USD | $5.99 bn44th/156 · 2025 | $15.41 bn25th/156 · 2022 |
| Military expenditure % of GDP | 5.7%10th/156 · 2025 | 6.5%6th/156 · 2022 |
| Military expenditure % of government spending | 20.0%7th/154 · 2025 | 26.9%3rd/154 · 2022 |
| Armed forces personnel people | 47,00071st/170 · 2020 | 22,000100th/170 · 2020 |
| Armed forces personnel % of labour force | 2.12%23rd/168 · 2020 | 1.07%61st/168 · 2020 |
| Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) TIV | 4.0 m135th/163 · 2023 | 1.1 bn8th/163 · 2025 |
| Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) TIV | 7.0 m2017 | 2.0 m56th/65 · 2025 |
| Science & innovation | ||
| R&D spending % of GDP | 0.39%67th/110 · 2024 | 0.68%53rd/110 · 2021 |
| Patent applications by residents applications | 9870th/137 · 2024 | 2191st/137 · 2024 |
| Scientific articles articles | 1,64076th/197 · 2023 | 2,47169th/197 · 2023 |
Questions and answers
Which has more people, Oman or Qatar?
Oman has the larger population: 5.5 m (2025) compared with 3.0 m for Qatar (2025). Source: World Bank, SP.POP.TOTL.
Which is bigger by area, Oman or Qatar?
Oman is larger: 309,500 km² (2024) compared with 11,637 km² for Qatar (2024). Source: World Bank, AG.SRF.TOTL.K2.
Which economy is larger, Oman or Qatar?
Qatar has the larger economy at purchasing power parity: $383.07 bn intl. (2025) compared with $232.40 bn intl. for Oman (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.MKTP.PP.CD.
Which is richer per person, Oman or Qatar?
Qatar has the higher GDP per person (PPP): $128,883 intl. (2025) compared with $42,295 intl. for Oman (2025). Source: World Bank, NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD.
Where do people live longer, in Oman or Qatar?
Qatar has the higher life expectancy at birth: 82.5 years (2024) compared with 80.2 years for Oman (2024). Source: World Bank, SP.DYN.LE00.IN.
Which spends more on the military, Oman or Qatar?
Qatar spends more on the military: $15.41 bn (2022) compared with $5.99 bn for Oman (2025). Source: World Bank, MS.MIL.XPND.CD.
Which ranks higher in the NationsTree Index, Oman or Qatar?
Qatar: 73.6 points (23rd in the world); Oman: 65.1 points (46th). The index combines foundations, economic strength, quality of life, problems and 5-year direction from public statistics.
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World Bank World Development Indicators and Worldwide Governance Indicators, compiling UN agencies, the IMF, WHO, SIPRI and national statistical offices; every row links to its world ranking with the source series. See Sources & licences and Methodology.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Oman vs Qatar — country comparison. https://nationstree.org/compare/oman-vs-qatar. Data as of 26 October 2026.