Qatar

Official name (in Arabic)

دولة قطر

Official name (in Arabic, Romanized)

Dawlat Qatar

Name etymology

the name may derive from the Arabic word katran, meaning "tar" or "resin" in reference to the area's oil and natural gas reserves

DesignMeaningHistory

• Shape: The Qatari flag is a horizontal rectangle consisting of two colours, maroon (dark red) and white.
• Position: When the flag is raised, the maroon colour is at the fly end, and the white colour is on the side adjacent to the flagpole.
• Design: The two colours are separated by nine isosceles triangles, whose bases lie in the white part on the flagpole side, and whose apexes lie in the maroon part towards the end of the flag.

Unofficial translation by Worldometer

EnglishArabic

Title (in Arabic)

أس سلام الأمير

Title (in Arabic, Romanized)

Al-Salam Al-Amiri

Title (in English, translated)

Peace be to the Emir

Lyrics

ArabicRomanizedEnglish

Chorus

قسماً بمن رفع السماء قسماً بمن نشر الضياء قطر ستبقى حرة تسمو بروح الأوفياء

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سيروا على نهج الأولى وعلى ضياء الأنبياء قطر بقلبي سيرة عز وأمجاد الإباء قطر الرجال الأولين حماتنا يوم النداء وحمائم يوم السلام جوارح يوم الفداء

قسماً بمن رفع السماء

Land area

11,586 km²

Water area

0.00 km²

Saudi Arabia

87 km

Avg. temperature

27.5 °C

Avg. daily range

22.5 to 32.5 °C

Annual precipitation

66 mm

Temperature °CMeanDaily range

°C°F

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Precipitation mm

Monthly climate normals

Month	Avg. high, °C	Mean, °C	Avg. low, °C	Precipitation, mm
January	21.3	17.3	13.4	13
February	23.1	18.5	14.3	11
March	26.9	21.9	17.1	12
April	32.4	26.9	21.6	4
May	37.8	32.1	26.3	0
June	40.1	34.4	28.7	0
July	41.2	35.7	30.2	0
August	41.2	35.7	30.3	0
September	38.9	33.3	27.9	0
October	34.9	29.6	24.5	1
November	28.6	24.2	20.1	9
December	23.4	19.4	15.7	15

Country-wide averages over 1991–2020.

Arable land

21,000 hectares (1.8%)

Permanent crops

3,000 hectares (0.3%)

Permanent meadows & pastures

50,000 hectares (4.4%)

Forest

1,400 hectares (0.1%)

Other land

1,073,600 hectares (93.4%)

Birth rate

9.7 per 1,000 population

Death rate

1.0 per 1,000 population

Net migration rate

+7.8 per 1,000 population

MaleAgeFemale

80+70-7960-6950-5940-4930-3920-2910-190-9

% of total population

Population by age group, % of total population

Age	Male	Female
80+	0.1%	0.1%
70-79	0.4%	0.3%
60-69	1.8%	0.8%
50-59	6.5%	2.0%
40-49	15.5%	4.8%
30-39	24.1%	7.3%
20-29	12.7%	4.6%
10-19	4.5%	4.1%
0-9	5.3%	5.2%

Share aged 65 and over

1.7%

Share aged under 18

17.2%

Total dependency ratio

20

Youth dependency ratio

18

Elderly dependency ratio

2

Sex ratio

2.44 male / female

The Amir is Head of State; rule is hereditary in the male line of one named family, passing to the son the Amir names Heir Apparent, and these provisions may not be amended (Arts. 8, 64, 145).

The Amir holds executive power and appoints and dismisses the Prime Minister, and the government answers jointly to him; the appointed Shura Council (consultative council) can withdraw confidence only from individual ministers, and the Amir may dissolve it (Arts. 62, 72, 104, 111, 123).

1. TueFeb 10National Sports Day
2. FriMar 20Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
3. SatMar 21Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
4. SunMar 22Eid al-Fitr (estimated)
5. WedMay 27Eid al-Adha (estimated)
6. ThuMay 28Eid al-Adha (estimated)
7. FriMay 29Eid al-Adha (estimated)
8. FriDec 18Qatar National Day

Nationwide public holidays only, excluding regional, bank and government-only days.

World average 42

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Confidence interval

Corruption index score by year

Year	Score	Lower bound	Upper bound
2012	68	58	79
2013	68	56	80
2014	69	57	81
2015	71	60	82
2016	61	49	72
2017	63	51	75
2018	62	49	75
2019	62	48.9	75.1
2020	63	54.2	71.8
2021	63	54.8	71.2
2022	58	49.7	66.3
2023	58	50	66
2024	59	51.9	66.1
2025	58	52.5	63.5

GDP per capita (nominal)

$63,634 (19th in the world)

The shape of the economy

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GDP by end use

Households

+19.5%

Government

+12.9%

Investment

+30.6%

Exports

+68.6%

Imports

−31.6%

Current account

7.1% of GDP, $14.4 billion surplus

Projected GDP growth

+1.8% a year over the next 10 years

By specializationBy volume

ProductSpecialization index

1. 1Raw milk of camel196.3×
2. 2Dates169.8×
3. 3Raw milk of sheep53.5×
4. 4Meat of sheep (fresh or chilled)24×
5. 5Raw milk of goats21.7×
6. 6Squash and gourds (including pumpkins)19.6×
7. 7Meat of chickens (fresh or chilled)9.3×
8. 8Eggplants (aubergines)8.1×
9. 9Cucumbers and gherkins7.8×
10. 10Hen eggs in shell (fresh)7.2×

Men

QAR 11,863 per month($3,259)

Women

QAR 12,237 per month($3,362)

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QatarWorld

Human Development Index by year

Year	Qatar	World
1990	0.767	0.608
1991	0.768	0.611
1992	0.770	0.614
1993	0.778	0.617
1994	0.784	0.620
1995	0.788	0.625
1996	0.791	0.631
1997	0.794	0.636
1998	0.796	0.641
1999	0.796	0.646
2000	0.795	0.651
2001	0.795	0.657
2002	0.798	0.662
2003	0.804	0.669
2004	0.807	0.675
2005	0.815	0.681
2006	0.822	0.688
2007	0.831	0.694
2008	0.839	0.698
2009	0.838	0.701
2010	0.834	0.707
2011	0.835	0.713
2012	0.846	0.717
2013	0.859	0.721
2014	0.857	0.726
2015	0.860	0.731
2016	0.861	0.735
2017	0.870	0.739
2018	0.876	0.741
2019	0.880	0.745
2020	0.872	0.742
2021	0.866	0.742
2022	0.883	0.752
2023	0.886	0.756

Expected for a child today

13.1 years

Share of government spending

9.3%

Households with Internet access

98%

Fixed telephone lines

524,643

Fixed broadband

11.8 subscriptions per 100 people

Counts subscriptions, not people.

Debit-card ownership

50%

Account at a bank or mobile-money provider

66%

Asylum seekers

294

Stateless persons

1,200

Refugees from Qatar abroad

67

Overnight arrivals by year2020 to 2022

Per resident

8.9 arrivals per 10 residents

All visitors

2.1 million arrivals, overnight and same-day(2019, latest available)

Visitor spending in the country

$23.6 billion(2024)

Share of GDP

2.9% tourism direct GDP

Residents' spending abroad

$20.3 billion(2024)

A tourist stays at least one night. Arrivals count trips, not people.

Site
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site

A low figure can also mean weak recording.

Persons held

2,057

Men

21.5%

Women

3.5%

World median

3.1%

CO₂ per capita

45.3 t per person

World Rank2ndof 207

Share of global CO₂

0.34%

Methane (CH₄)

23.2 Mt CO₂-eq

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)

0.84 Mt CO₂-eq

Fluorinated gases

3.49 Mt CO₂-eq

All greenhouse gases

162.7 Mt CO₂-eq

WHO guideline

5 µg/m³

Treaty	Standing	Joined
Climate
Paris Agreement	in force	2017
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change	in force	1996
Kyoto Protocol	in force	2005
Ozone layer
Montreal Protocol	in force	1996
Vienna Convention (Ozone Layer)	in force	1996
Biodiversity
Convention on Biological Diversity	in force	1996
CITES	in force	2001
Convention on Migratory Species (Bonn)	not a party
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety	in force	2007
Nagoya Protocol	in force	2017
Land and heritage
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	not a party
World Heritage Convention	in force	1984
UN Convention to Combat Desertification	in force	1999
Chemicals and waste
Basel Convention	in force	1995
Rotterdam Convention (PIC)	in force	2005
Stockholm Convention (POPs)	in force	2005
Minamata Convention on Mercury	in force	2021
Oceans
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea	in force	2003
High Seas Treaty (BBNJ)	in force	2026
MARPOL 73/78	in force	2006

Per person

20 m³ per year

Dependency ratio

3% originates outside the country

Annual water withdrawal

0.9 billion m³ per year

Withdrawn for agriculture

33%

Water stress

431% of available freshwater withdrawn

Men

38.8%

Women

50.1%

Per capita

808.2 GJ per person

Share of world total

0.39%

Supply

Surplusproduces 4.3× what it consumes, 2024

OverviewBy source

Generation

57 TWh per year

Consumption

53 TWh per year

The military incorporates about 2,000 conscripts annually and recruits foreign contract soldiers to overcome manpower limitations.