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  • Qatar has a population of about 3M; its total GDP of $215.6B ranks #54 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 11,373 km² is about 6% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Renewable electricity share stands out most against the median: 0.3% — rank #161 of 169 countries with data.

Qatar: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 3M (2025) #136 / 169 median 11.5M · 26%
Population growth 3.9% (2025) #4 / 169 median 1.1% · 3.6×
Urban population share 99.4% (2025) #2 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.6×
Population aged 65+ 1.7% (2025) #169 / 169 median 7.4% · 23%
Fertility rate 1.7 (2024) #105 / 169 median 2.1 · 82%
Birth rate 9.5‰ (2024) #131 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 60%
Death rate 1.1‰ (2024) #168 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 15%
Net migration 36.3K (2025) #25 / 169 N/A
Surface area 11,373 km² #166 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 6%
Population density derived 261/km² (2025) #23 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 3.6×
Economy
GDP (total) $215.6B (2025) #54 / 168 median $80.7B · 2.7×
GDP per capita $72,525 (2025) #9 / 168 median $6,834 · 11×
GNI per capita $74,330 (2025) #8 / 168 median $6,350 · 12×
GDP growth (annual) 2.9% (2025) #92 / 168 median 3.1% · 94%
Inflation rate 1.3% (2024) #128 / 162 median 3.3% · 38%
Unemployment rate 0.1% (2025) #168 / 168 median 5.1% · 3%
Gini index 35.1 (2017) #78 / 153 median 35.3 · 99%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.0% (2017) #149 / 153 N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 68.6% (2022) #23 / 163 median 35.0% · 2.0×
Imports share of GDP 31.6% (2022) #106 / 163 median 40.2% · 79%
Agriculture share of GDP 0.3% (2025) #166 / 168 median 7.2% · 4%
Manufacturing share of GDP 7.9% (2025) #120 / 165 median 11.2% · 71%
International tourist arrivals 582K (2020) #108 / 162 median 1.1M · 51%
Tourism receipts $14.3B (2020) #13 / 165 median $705M · 20×
Health & education
Life expectancy 82.5 years (2024) #16 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 4.8‰ (2024) #124 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 37%
Under-five mortality 5.9‰ (2024) #124 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 37%
DPT immunization 96.0% (2024) #41 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 1.3 per 1,000 (2022) #115 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 62%
Health spending share of GDP 2.5% (2023) #159 / 165 median 6.5% · 39%
Secondary school enrollment 99.6% (2024) #49 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 3.2% (2020) #115 / 165 median 4.1% · 78%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.886 (2023) #36 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 98.1% (2024) #8 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 153.6 per 100 (2024) #21 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.3×
Fixed broadband 11.8 per 100 (2024) #86 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 98%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #59 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 47.3 t (2024) #1 / 165 median 2.6 t · 18×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 135 Mt (2024) #34 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 6.3×
Renewable electricity share 0.3% (2021) #161 / 169 median 34.1% · 1%
Renewable energy consumption 0.0% (2021) #169 / 169 N/A
Forest area 0.0% (2023) #169 / 169 N/A
Agricultural land 6.4% (2023) #157 / 169 median 41.7% · 15%
Arable land 1.8% (2023) #145 / 168 median 11.0% · 17%
PM2.5 exposure 107.8 µg/m³ (2023) #1 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 5.4×
Military spending 6.5% (2022) #8 / 157 median 1.8% · 3.6×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Qatar's true-shape outline

Qatar's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 11,373 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).