Qatar Statistics
Find facts and figures on Qatar including Qatari economic statistics: GDP, imports and exports as well as population, area, employment and geographical data.
Adulthood: 18
Annual per capita income: $62,000
Area: 11,570 km²
Biggest City: Doha
Borders: Saudi Arabia 87 km
Capital: Doha
Cars: 1,701,346 (2020 estimate)
Coastline: 563 km
Currency: Qatari Riyal
Driving: On the right
Drugs: There is zero tolerance for drugs-related offences in Qatar. The penalties for the use of, trafficking, smuggling and possession of drugs (even residual amounts) are severe.
Economic growth: 1.6% (2017 estimate)
Economic output: Qatar's oil and natural gas resources are the nation's main economic exports and government revenue source.
Electricity: 240 V
Ethnic groups: non-Qatari 88.4%, Qatari 11.6% (2015 estimate)
Football Association: Qatar Football Association: QFA
Football League: Qatar Stars League - 12 teams, with promotion and relegation with the Qatari Second Division (QSD). QSL seasons run from September to April.
GDP: $245.66 billion (2020 estimate)
Government: monarchy
Highest Point: Tuwayyir al Hamir 103 meters
Inflation: 2.3% (2021 estimate)
International country code: +974
Internet country code: .qa
Internet users: 99.7% of the population
Language: Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
LGBT: Since 2004, Article 296 of the current Penal Code (Law 11/2004) stipulates imprisonment between one and three years for sodomy between men.
Main export partners:
Japan 17%, South Korea 16%, India 14%, China 13%, Singapore 7% (2019)
Main imports partners:
United States 15%, France 13%, United Kingdom 9%, China 9%, Germany 5%, Italy 5% (2019)
Metro: Doha Metro has 37 stations on 3 lines on presently 76 km of track. The network will expand over the coming years. The Lusail Tram has one line with 7 stations at the moment. The network will expand to have 3 lines and a further 18 stations.
Military: since 2014, Qatari men aged between 18 and 35 train with the military for at least four months as part of mandatory national service; 4% of GDP spent on the armed forces
Mobile phones: 3,798,514 (2020 estimate)
National team uniform: all-maroon as home colors and all-white colors as an away kit
Obesity: 35.1% (2016 estmate)
Population: 2,508,182 (2022 estimate)
Population density: 248 per square km
Population growth: 1.04% (2022 estimate)
Principal cities & populations:
Doha 344,939
Al Rayyan 272,465
Pro soccer teams: 12 teams in the top division
Religion: Muslim 65.2%, Christian 13.7%, Hindu 15.9%, Buddhist 3.8%, folk religion <0.1%, Jewish <0.1%, other <1%, unaffiliated <1% (2020 estimate)
Roads: 7,039 km (2016)
Ruling party: Qatar is ruled by the House of Thani as a semi-constitutional hereditary monarchy
Stock market: Doha Securities Market (DSM)
Time: Arabia Standard Time (AST), UTC +3 - No daylight saving time.
Tourism: (visitors 2020): 582,000
Unemployment: 0.21% (2021 estimate)
Urban population: 99.28 (2021 estimate); 99.3% of total population (2022 estimate)
Video system: PAL B
Wettest months: December to March
