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Oman vs Qatar

111 shared metrics.

OmanLeads in 57

vs111 shared

QatarLeads in 54

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Oman

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Sultanate of Oman.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Oman still has thousands of aflaj irrigation systems carrying water through desert settlements.

UNESCO

Qatar

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Identity

Formal name: State of Qatar.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Qatar's high income is powered by a gas-and-oil-based economy.

CIA

Analysis

Oman leads in 57 of 111 shared metrics, while Qatar leads in 54.

Oman's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 54.4x that of Qatar (11.64% of GDP vs 0.21% of GDP).

Oman's Highest Elevation is 28.2x that of Qatar (3.0K m vs 103 m).

Oman's Land Area is 25.9x that of Qatar (309.5K km² vs 11.5K km²).

Oman's Unemployment Rate is 24.1x that of Qatar (3.2% vs 0.13%).

Oman's Youth Unemployment Rate is 23.8x that of Qatar (13.88% of youth labor force vs 0.56% of youth labor force).

Key Comparisons

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Oman leads

Oman

11.64% of GDP

Qatar

0.21% of GDP

Highest ElevationOman leads

Oman

3.0K m

Qatar

103 m

Land AreaOman leads

Oman

309.5K km²

Qatar

11.5K km²

Unemployment RateOman leads

Oman

3.2%

Qatar

0.13%

Youth Unemployment RateOman leads

Oman

13.88% of youth labor force

Qatar

0.56% of youth labor force

Land Border LengthOman leads

Oman

$669,000,000

Qatar

$14,318,000,000

95% lower

Comparison of Oman and Qatar across 111 metrics
				Winner
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	11.64% of GDP	0.21% of GDP	5441% higher	Oman
Highest Elevation	3.0K m	103 m	2817% higher	Oman
Land Area	309.5K km²	11.5K km²	2594% higher	Oman
Unemployment Rate	3.2%	0.13%	2409% higher	Oman
Youth Unemployment Rate	13.88% of youth labor force	0.56% of youth labor force	2384% higher	Oman
Land Border Length	1.6K km	87 km	1694% higher	Oman
Irrigated Land	1.2K km²	130 km²	794% higher	Oman
Water Withdrawal	1.6 B m³	0.25 B m³	554% higher	Oman
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	6.0 sites	1.0 sites	500% higher	Oman
Airports	37	7.0	429% higher	Oman
Electoral Democracy Index	0.17	0.03	415% higher	Oman
Coastline Length	2.1K km	563 km	272% higher	Oman
Shipping Traffic	5.23M	1.54M	239% higher	Oman
Border Neighbors	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Oman
Freedom of Expression Index	0.15	0.06	175% higher	Oman
Birth Rate	20.65 per 1k	9.2 per 1k	125% higher	Oman
Death Rate	3.2 per 1k	1.4 per 1k	123% higher	Oman
Armed Forces Personnel	47.0K	22.0K	114% higher	Oman
Homicide Rate	0.14 per 100k	0.07 per 100k	101% higher	Oman
Tourism Revenue	$669,000,000	$14,318,000,000	95% lower	Qatar
Population Density	16.31 /km²	231.16 /km²	93% lower	Qatar
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	1.3% of GDP	14.5% of GDP	91% lower	Qatar
Dependency Ratio	37.66% of working-age pop.	20.12% of working-age pop.	87% higher	Oman
Suicide Rate	0.91 per 100k	4.7 per 100k	81% lower	Qatar
High-Tech Exports (%)	5.0%	2.8%	78% higher	Oman
Air Passengers	8.70M	37.71M	77% lower	Qatar
Spirits Consumption	0.14 L/person/yr	0.57 L/person/yr	76% lower	Qatar
GNI Per Capita	$19,520	$77,290	75% lower	Qatar
Water Stress (%)	116.71%	446.43%	74% lower	Qatar
Child Mortality	10.4 per 1k births	6.0 per 1k births	73% higher	Oman
Infant Mortality	8.4 per 1k births	4.9 per 1k births	71% higher	Oman
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$41,740.17	$126,046.35	67% lower	Qatar
Energy Use (Per Capita)	5.9K kg oil eq/person	16.7K kg oil eq/person	65% lower	Qatar
Youth Population (%)	24.71%	15.07%	64% higher	Oman
CO2 Per Capita	15.65 t/person/yr	41.27 t/person/yr	62% lower	Qatar
Credit Card Ownership	12.32% of adults	32.31% of adults	62% lower	Qatar
Health Spending Per Capita	$706.92	$1,781.56	60% lower	Qatar
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	8.2K kWh/person	19.4K kWh/person	58% lower	Qatar
Elderly Population (%)	2.6%	1.7%	58% higher	Oman
Population	3.97M	2.57M	55% higher	Oman
Liberal Democracy Index	0.14	0.09	54% higher	Oman
Merchant Fleet Size	57	123	54% lower	Qatar
Inflation Rate	0.59%	1.3%	54% lower	Qatar
Imports (% GDP)	48.78% of GDP	31.62% of GDP	54% higher	Oman
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	3.8 per 1M people	8.2 per 1M people	54% lower	Qatar
Beer Consumption	0.12 L/person/yr	0.25 L/person/yr	51% lower	Qatar
GDP (Nominal)	$107,137,198,769.39	$219,162,637,362.64	51% lower	Qatar
Alcohol Consumption	0.51 L/adult/yr	1.1 L/adult/yr	51% lower	Qatar
Road Traffic Death Rate	11 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	51% higher	Oman
Tourist Arrivals	869.0K	582.0K	49% higher	Oman
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	39.58 µg/m³	75.66 µg/m³	48% lower	Qatar
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	22 days/yr	15 days/yr	47% higher	Oman
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.37% of GDP	0.68% of GDP	46% lower	Qatar
Vehicles per 1,000 People	312.22 per 1k people	537.11 per 1k people	42% lower	Qatar
Protected Land (%)	22%	15.6%	41% higher	Oman
Scientific Publications	1.6K	2.6K	40% lower	Qatar
Renewable Energy (%)	1.1%	0.81%	38% higher	Oman
Fertility Rate	2.6 children/woman	1.9 children/woman	37% higher	Oman
Domestic Patents	30	47	36% lower	Qatar
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.0 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	34% lower	Qatar
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.9% of GDP	2.2% of GDP	34% higher	Oman
Smoking Rate	8.4%	12.5%	33% lower	Qatar
Seafood Consumption per Person	29.3 kg/person/yr	21.98 kg/person/yr	33% higher	Oman
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	3.2% of GDP	33% higher	Oman
Obesity Rate	30.19%	43.76%	31% lower	Qatar
Tobacco Use Prevalence	8.6% of adults	12.5% of adults	31% lower	Qatar
GDP Growth Rate	1.6%	2.4%	31% lower	Qatar
Researchers	655.15 per 1M	947.78 per 1M	31% lower	Qatar
Foreign Patents	511	722	29% lower	Qatar
Total CO2 Emissions	98.51 Mt CO2e	135.27 Mt CO2e	27% lower	Qatar
Agricultural Land (%)	4.8%	6.4%	26% lower	Qatar
Electricity Generation	43.35 TWh	58.64 TWh	26% lower	Qatar
University Enrollment Rate	43.84%	35.09%	25% higher	Oman
Political Corruption Index	0.25	0.33	24% lower	Qatar
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	121 per 100 people	154 per 100 people	21% lower	Qatar
Urban Population (%)	79.44%	99.32%	20% lower	Qatar
Insufficient Physical Activity	40.88% of adults	50.93% of adults	20% lower	Qatar
Big Mac Price	$3.97	$4.67	15% lower	Qatar
Solar Electricity Share	4.3%	3.8%	14% higher	Oman
Military Spending	5.6% of GDP	6.5% of GDP	14% lower	Qatar
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	54.23 per 100k	62.4 per 100k	13% lower	Qatar
Median Age	29.3 years	33.2 years	12% lower	Qatar
Corruption Perceptions Index	52 pts	58 pts	10% lower	Qatar
Hypertension Prevalence	46.1% of adults	42.4% of adults	9% higher	Oman
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.2 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	9% higher	Oman
Women's Political Empowerment	0.36	0.39	8% lower	Qatar
Broadband Access (%)	11 per 100 people	12 per 100 people	8% lower	Qatar
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.25 per 100k people	0.23 per 100k people	8% higher	Oman
Electricity Carbon Intensity	544.47 gCO2/kWh	581.52 gCO2/kWh	6% lower	Qatar
Teen Birth Rate	6.0 per 1k	5.7 per 1k	5% higher	Oman
Internet Users (%)	95%	100%	5% lower	Qatar
Exports (% GDP)	66.07% of GDP	68.6% of GDP	4% lower	Qatar
Safe Drinking Water (%)	91.1%	95.35%	4% lower	Qatar
Food Waste per Person	150.55 kg/person/yr	145.02 kg/person/yr	4% higher	Oman
Human Development Index	0.86	0.89	3% lower	Qatar
Life Expectancy	80.0 years	82.4 years	3% lower	Qatar
Electric Generating Capacity	11.59M kW	11.40M kW	2% higher	Oman
Sanitation Access (%)	99.32%	99.94%	1% lower	Qatar
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Oman
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Wind Electricity Share	0.19%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Forest Area	23.59 km²	0 km²	ranked higher	Oman
Forest Coverage (%)	0.01%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Oman
Renewable Energy (%)	0.10%	0%	ranked higher	Oman
Women in Parliament (%)	0%	4.4%	ranked lower	Qatar
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.9% of GDP	46.7% of GDP	equal	Oman
Capital Elevation	69 m	0 m	ranked higher	Oman
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Oman
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Oman
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Oman

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Analysis

Oman leads in 57 of 111 shared metrics, while Qatar leads in 54.

Oman's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 54.4x that of Qatar (11.64% of GDP vs 0.21% of GDP).

Oman's Highest Elevation is 28.2x that of Qatar (3.0K m vs 103 m).

Oman's Land Area is 25.9x that of Qatar (309.5K km² vs 11.5K km²).

Oman's Unemployment Rate is 24.1x that of Qatar (3.2% vs 0.13%).

Oman's Youth Unemployment Rate is 23.8x that of Qatar (13.88% of youth labor force vs 0.56% of youth labor force).

Key Comparisons

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Oman leads

Oman

11.64% of GDP

Qatar

0.21% of GDP

Highest ElevationOman leads

Oman

3.0K m

Qatar

103 m

Land AreaOman leads

Oman

309.5K km²

Qatar

11.5K km²

Unemployment RateOman leads

Oman

3.2%

Qatar

0.13%

Youth Unemployment RateOman leads

Oman

13.88% of youth labor force

Qatar

0.56% of youth labor force

Land Border LengthOman leads

Oman

1.6K km

Qatar

87 km

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

11.64% of GDP

0.21% of GDP

Highest Elevation

3.0K m

103 m

Land Area

309.5K km²

11.5K km²

Unemployment Rate

3.2%

0.13%

Youth Unemployment Rate

13.88% of youth labor force

0.56% of youth labor force

Land Border Length

1.6K km

87 km

Irrigated Land

1.2K km²

130 km²

Water Withdrawal

1.6 B m³

0.25 B m³

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

6.0 sites

1.0 sites

Airports

7.0

Electoral Democracy Index

0.17

0.03

Coastline Length

2.1K km

563 km

Shipping Traffic

5.23M

1.54M

Border Neighbors

3.0

1.0

Freedom of Expression Index

0.15

0.06

Birth Rate

20.65 per 1k

9.2 per 1k

Death Rate

3.2 per 1k

1.4 per 1k

Armed Forces Personnel

47.0K

22.0K

Homicide Rate

0.14 per 100k

0.07 per 100k

Tourism Revenue

$669,000,000

$14,318,000,000

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Highest Elevation

Land Area

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Land Border Length

Irrigated Land

Water Withdrawal

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Airports

Electoral Democracy Index

Coastline Length

Shipping Traffic

Border Neighbors

Freedom of Expression Index

Birth Rate

Death Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

Homicide Rate

Tourism Revenue

Population Density

Current Account Balance (% of GDP)

Dependency Ratio

Suicide Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

Air Passengers

Spirits Consumption

GNI Per Capita

Water Stress (%)

Child Mortality

Infant Mortality

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Youth Population (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Credit Card Ownership

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Elderly Population (%)

Population

Liberal Democracy Index

Merchant Fleet Size

Inflation Rate

Imports (% GDP)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Beer Consumption

GDP (Nominal)

Alcohol Consumption

Road Traffic Death Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Protected Land (%)

Scientific Publications

Renewable Energy (%)

Fertility Rate

Domestic Patents

Doctors (per 1,000)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Smoking Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Education Spending (% GDP)

Obesity Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

GDP Growth Rate

Researchers

Foreign Patents

Total CO2 Emissions

Agricultural Land (%)

Electricity Generation