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Qatar

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Capital Doha High income Nation age 156 years (since 1870) i QAT · QA
NationsTree Index 2025 i73.623rd of 196 Tree height 2025 i13 msee ranking Military strength i45percentile
Population i3.0 m138th of 217 Area i11,637 km²161st of 216 GDP i$215.56 bn56th of 210 GDP (PPP) i$383.07 bn intl.60th of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$128,883 intl.5th of 199 Life expectancy i82.5 years27th of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i68
Strength · trunk i56
Quality of life · crown i89
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i73
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i85
CSV

In short

Qatar is 23rd of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 73.6 out of 100; its tree is 13 m tall.

It has 3.0 million people and an economy of $383.07 bn at purchasing power parity, 60th of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Unemployment (1st of 187), Access to electricity (1st of 215) and Homicide rate (2nd of 145).

Its weakest positions: Air pollution (PM2.5) (200th of 200), CO₂ emissions per person (202nd of 203) and Renewable freshwater per person (179th of 183).

Over five years it climbed from 51st to 23rd in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

47
Surface area ikm² 11,637 161st/216
Land area ikm² 11,490 159th/216
Population ipeople 3.0 m 138th/217
Population growth i% 3.92% 4th/217
Population density ipeople/km² 248.7 56th/216
Urban population i% 99.4% 13th/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 15.0% 179th/217
Population aged 65+ i% 1.7% 217th/217

Economy

78
GDP iUSD $215.56 bn 56th/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $383.07 bn 60th/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $327.35 bn 60th/199
GDP per person iUSD $72,525 18th/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $128,883 5th/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $74,330 12th/201
GDP growth i% 2.9% 120th/210
Inflation i% 1.3% 42nd/180
Unemployment i% 0.1% 1st/187
General government gross debt i% of GDP 42.5% 69th/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP -1.0% 54th/192

Main industries

40
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 0.3% 188th/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 57.0% 4th/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 7.9% 125th/192
Services i% of GDP 47.0% 160th/200

Trade

54
Exports of goods & services iUSD $161.69 bn 38th/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $74.52 bn 55th/182
Exports i% of GDP 68.6% 31st/183
Imports i% of GDP 31.6% 127th/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 100.2% 64th/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 83.8% 10th/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 11.6% 127th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 0.1% 170th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 2.5% 97th/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 2.8% 123rd/168
Current account balance i% of GDP 16.4% 11th/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 1.4% 124th/196

Natural resources

55
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 27.3% 15th/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 15.28% 14th/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 12.01% 3rd/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.00% 68th/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 0.00% 91st/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 0.00% 182nd/209
Arable land i% of land area 1.8% 175th/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 21 179th/183

Tourism

72
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 582,000 117th/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $14.32 bn 11th/175
Tourism receipts i% of exports 20.2% 33rd/168

Society & health

51
Life expectancy iyears 82.5 27th/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 5.9 49th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 3.02 58th/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 1.3 108th/145
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 96% 48th/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 73.7% 79th/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 99.6% 63rd/173
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 2.0% 217th/217
Health spending i% of GDP 2.5% 187th/193
Adult literacy i% 97.8%2014
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 43.0% 90th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.886 43rd/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 35.12017
Extreme poverty i% of population 0.0%2017

Infrastructure & digital

83
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed drinking water i% of population 95.3% 50th/150
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 99.9% 6th/144
Internet users i% of population 98.1% 11th/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 154 29th/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 11.8 112th/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 3.80 19th/164
Air passengers carried ipassengers 37.7 m 29th/161

Environment & energy

21
CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 47.33 202nd/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 0.0% 207th/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 107.8 200th/200
Forest area i% of land area 0.1% 206th/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 15,155 2nd/149

Institutions & safety

73
Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 72.7 40th/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 65.8 42nd/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 67.9 69th/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 83.9 38th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 72.7 34th/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 33.9 174th/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 0.1 2nd/145

Military

71
Military expenditure iUSD $15.41 bn 25th/156
Military expenditure i% of GDP 6.5% 6th/156
Military expenditure i% of government spending 26.9% 3rd/154
Armed forces personnel ipeople 22,000 100th/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 1.07% 61st/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 1.1 bn 8th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 2.0 m 56th/65

Science & innovation

50
R&D spending i% of GDP 0.68% 53rd/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 21 91st/137
Scientific articles iarticles 2,471 69th/197

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Wikidata P571 (inception) (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Qatar — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/qatar. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). Qatar — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/qatar. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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