International Rankings of Qatar 2022, 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	43	10.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	106	296126	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100.00 %	2020
Internet users - total	112	2.881 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	39	16.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	95	454701	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	36	132.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	130	3.799 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	56	53.820 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	56	44.100 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	77	5.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	28	6.426 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	44	167.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	49	70.930 billion US Dollars	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	55	191.290 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	50	51.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	64	17.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	178	24.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	65	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	141	0.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	8	50.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	135	49.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	42	41 %	2007
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	52	59.060 billion US Dollars	2020
Industrial production growth rate	57	3.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	91	0.60 %	2019
Labor force	121	1.953 million US Dollars	2017
Public debt	74	53.80 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	60	245.660 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	91	1.60 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	6	85300 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	67	15.010 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	86	26.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	59	8.90 %	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	139	1.70	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	139	0.20	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	138	0.50	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	26	78.482 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	49	33.440 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	38	111.922 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	55	44.117 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	62	10.633 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	66	2.772 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	1	723.582 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	27	37.702 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	3	126.750 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	6	167.461 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	3	23.861 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	13	1.264 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	14	25.244 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	45	293800 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	14	1.815 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	19	485000 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	137	12300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	46	273800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	34	103 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	96	8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	2	90 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	168	6	2018
Land use - arable land	140	1	2018
Land use - other	9	94	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	4	2018
Total renewable water resources	166	58.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	112	291.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	143.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	75	477.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.66	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	2	99	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	83	1.001 million tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	90	30030 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	74	3.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	154	11586 sq km	N/A
Area - total	155	11586 sq km	N/A
Coastline	91	563 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	162	103 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	144	28 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	127	130 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	143	87 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	168	6	2018
Land use - arable land	140	1	2018
Land use - other	9	94	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	4	2018
Population Density	58	216.48 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	14	4 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	147	11.78	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	1	70.66	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	183	3.53	N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	96	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	134	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	173	9.33 births/1,000 population	2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate	85	37.50 %	2012
Current health expenditure	81	3 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	182	1.42 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	145	2.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	1	50.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	169	20.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	177	16.10 %	N/A
Education expenditures	52	3 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	57	1.30 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	148	5.96 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	149	7.25 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	147	6.62 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	46	82 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	41	78 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	41	80 years	N/A
Literacy - female	36	95 %	2017
Literacy - male	42	92 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	43	94 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	105	9.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	98	28 years	2020
Median age - male	56	35 years	N/A
Median age - total	62	34 years	N/A
Net migration rate	40	2.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	13	35.10 %	2016
Physicians density	63	2.49 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	139	2.508 million	2022
Population growth rate	74	1.04 %	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	8	15 years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	1	2.26	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	1	5.45	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	2	3.42	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	4	1.13 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	1	3.36 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	91	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	92	22 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	90	12 %	2020
Total fertility rate	88	1.90 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	76	1.66	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	2	99	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	139	1.70	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	139	0.20	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	138	0.50	N/A
Transportation
Airports	114	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	3	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	72	4	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	57	1	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	72	129	N/A
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	28	29.179 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	22	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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