Qatar
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 3M (2025). World rank 138 of 216; in Asia, 43 of 49. Area: 11,586 km². World rank 165 of 249; in Asia, 42 of 50. GDP per person: $72,525 (2025). World rank 17 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 3 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 2.3M → 3M, GDP $161.7B → $215.6B, and GDP per person $68,985 → $72,525. Better than all its neighbours (Saudi Arabia): life expectancy and GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- State of Qatar
- Local name
- قطر
- Capital
- Doha
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Absolute monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
- Head of government
- Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
- Independence
- September 3, 1971
- Women in parliament
- 6.1% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 2,972,215 2025
- Area
- 11,586 km²
- GDP
- $215.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $72,525 2025
- Life expectancy
- 82.5 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Qatari Riyal (QAR)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +974
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 999
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 240 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 563
- Neighbours
- Saudi Arabia
- Agricultural land
- 6.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Qurayn Abu al Bawl, 103 m
- Lowest point
- Persian Gulf, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 28
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 28
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 36°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 18°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 74 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 256.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +3.9% 2025
- Living in cities
- 99.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +36.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 76.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 15% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 83.3% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 1.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 83.5 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.7 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 9.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 1.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 65.2%, Hindu 15.9%, Christian 13.7%, and Buddhist 3.8% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 67.9 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 65.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 72.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 72.7 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 33.9 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $128,883 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $74,330 2025
- Inflation
- +1.3% 2024
- Price level, USA = 100
- 56 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 57% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 47% 2025
- Unemployment
- 0.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 0.6% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 61.9% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 68.6% 2022
- Imports, share of GDP
- 31.6% 2022
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +14.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0.6% 2025
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 35.1 2017
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2017
Education
- Adult literacy
- 97.8% 2014
- Primary school enrolment
- 97.6% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 99.6% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 43% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.2% 2020
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 2.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $1,804 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 7.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 8.5 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.3 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 4.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 5.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 4 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 24.6% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 76.6% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 12.5% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.1 2022
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 7.3 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 4.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 83.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 108 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 47.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 57 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 0.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 5.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 21 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 431% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 98.1% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 154 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 11.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .qa قطر.
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 19,313 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 0% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 0.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 96.5% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 37,714,348 2023
- Airports
- 8 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2021
- Researchers per million people
- 948 2021
- Scientific articles per year
- 2,471 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 21 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 2.8% 2024