International Rankings of Qatar 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Qatar, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Qatar, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	99	11.82	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	107	284679	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	2	99.65 %	2018
Internet users - total	112	2.355 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	79	19.15	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	97	461289	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	19	162.60	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	131	3.918 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	57	53.820 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	57	44.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	81	5.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	29	6.426 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	46	167.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	86	55	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	58	69	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	63	86	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	75	72	2020
Exports	57	67.500 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	56	191.290 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	54	51.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	69	17.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	183	24.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	67	37.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	5	43.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	40	1.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	148	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	10	50.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	139	49.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	44	41 %	2007
Gross national saving	6	45	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	33	35.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	38	1.30 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	71	30.770 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	58	3.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	92	0.60 %	2019
Labor force	123	1.953 million US Dollars	2017
Public debt	76	53.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	61	255.010 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	95	1.60 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	6	90044 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	68	15.010 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	91	26.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	65	8.90 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	41	114.200 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	14	1.150 million	2015
Crude oil - production	18	1.464 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	14	25.240 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	59	37.240 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	67	8.796 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	58	39.780 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	27	39.900 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	3	126.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	5	166.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	3	24.070 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	46	277000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	19	485000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	140	12300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	47	273800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	35	103 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	98	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	2	90 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	177	6	2018
Land use - arable land	147	1	2018
Land use - other	9	94	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	136	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	170	58.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	115	291.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	143.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	77	477.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	78	1.66	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	2	99	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	84	1.001 million tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	91	30030 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	76	3.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	161	11586 sq km	N/A
Area - total	162	11586 sq km	N/A
Coastline	98	563 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	176	103 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	147	28 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	125	130 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	147	87 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	177	6	2018
Land use - arable land	147	1	2018
Land use - other	9	94	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	136	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	169	58.000 million	2017
Population Density	61	214.05 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	25	3 % of GDP	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	155	11.78	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	1	70.66	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	193	3.53	N/A
Birth rate	180	9.38 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	90	37.50 %	2012
Current Health Expenditure	83	3 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	198	1.42 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	133	2.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	2	50.10 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	155	18.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	170	16.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	50	3 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	56	1.30 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	154	6.08 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	155	7.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	155	6.70 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	48	82 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	41	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	45	80 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	106	9.00	2017
Median age - female	102	28 years	2020
Median age - male	57	35 years	N/A
Median age - total	66	34 years	N/A
Net migration rate	25	4.30 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	15	35.10 %	2016
Physicians density	61	2.49 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	141	2.480 million	2021
Population growth rate	73	1.23 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	14 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	1	2.42	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	1	5.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	2	3.40	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	2	1.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	12	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	1	3.39 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	95	1.90 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	141	2	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	78	1.66	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	2	99	2021
Transportation
Airports	116	6	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	4	12.667 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	29	29.179 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	23	251.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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