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Qatar vs Saudi Arabia

114 shared metrics.

QatarLeads in 50

vs114 shared

Saudi ArabiaLeads in 64

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What matters for both sides

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Qatar

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Identity

Formal name: State of Qatar.

CIA 2026

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

CIA

Saudi Arabia

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Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Saudi Arabia holds most of the Empty Quarter, the largest continuous sand sea on Earth.

NASA

Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 64 of 114 shared metrics, while Qatar leads in 50.

Qatar's Population Density is 13.7x that of Saudi Arabia (231.16 /km² vs 15.68 /km²).

Qatar's High-Tech Exports (%) is 4.2x that of Saudi Arabia (2.8% vs 0.54%).

Qatar's Suicide Rate is 4.0x that of Saudi Arabia (4.7 per 100k vs 0.95 per 100k).

Qatar's Government Debt (% GDP) is 2.6x that of Saudi Arabia (46.7% of GDP vs 13.1% of GDP).

Qatar's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 1.5x that of Saudi Arabia (8.2 per 1M people vs 3.2 per 1M people).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityQatar leads

Qatar

231.16 /km²

Saudi Arabia

15.68 /km²

High-Tech Exports (%)Qatar leads

Qatar

2.8%

Saudi Arabia

0.54%

Suicide RateQatar leads

Qatar

4.7 per 100k

Saudi Arabia

0.95 per 100k

Government Debt (% GDP)Qatar leads

Qatar

46.7% of GDP

Saudi Arabia

13.1% of GDP

McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Qatar leads

Qatar

8.2 per 1M people

Saudi Arabia

3.2 per 1M people

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleQatar leads

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

1.4K

97% lower

Unemployment Rate

Saudi Arabia

Qatar

0.13%

Saudi Arabia

3.9%

97% lower

Comparison of Qatar and Saudi Arabia across 114 metrics
				Winner
Population Density	231.16 /km²	15.68 /km²	1374% higher	Qatar
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.8%	0.54%	416% higher	Qatar
Suicide Rate	4.7 per 100k	0.95 per 100k	395% higher	Qatar
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.7% of GDP	13.1% of GDP	256% higher	Qatar
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	8.2 per 1M people	3.2 per 1M people	153% higher	Qatar
Vehicles per 1,000 People	537.11 per 1k people	222.77 per 1k people	141% higher	Qatar
Tourism Revenue	$14,318,000,000	$5,960,000,000	140% higher	Qatar
Exports (% GDP)	68.6% of GDP	29.11% of GDP	136% higher	Qatar
All-Time Olympic Medals	9.0 medals	4.0 medals	125% higher	Qatar
Energy Use (Per Capita)	16.7K kg oil eq/person	7.5K kg oil eq/person	122% higher	Qatar
GNI Per Capita	$77,290	$35,630	117% higher	Qatar
Electoral Democracy Index	0.03	0.02	113% higher	Qatar
Solar Electricity Share	3.8%	1.8%	112% higher	Qatar
CO2 Per Capita	41.27 t/person/yr	20.38 t/person/yr	103% higher	Qatar
Land Area	11.5K km²	2.15M km²	99% lower	Saudi Arabia
Water Withdrawal	0.25 B m³	23.38 B m³	99% lower	Saudi Arabia
Irrigated Land	130 km²	7.6K km²	98% lower	Saudi Arabia
Land Border Length	87 km	4.3K km	98% lower	Saudi Arabia
Domestic Patents	47	1.4K	97% lower	Saudi Arabia
Unemployment Rate	0.13%	3.9%	97% lower	Saudi Arabia
Highest Elevation	103 m	3.0K m	97% lower	Saudi Arabia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.09	0.05	94% higher	Qatar
Seafood Consumption per Person	21.98 kg/person/yr	11.35 kg/person/yr	94% higher	Qatar
Youth Unemployment Rate	0.56% of youth labor force	10.01% of youth labor force	94% lower	Saudi Arabia
Population	2.57M	36.54M	93% lower	Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Land (%)	6.4%	80.77%	92% lower	Saudi Arabia
Armed Forces Personnel	22.0K	282.0K	92% lower	Saudi Arabia
Airports	7.0	89	92% lower	Saudi Arabia
Scientific Publications	2.6K	25.8K	90% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electric Generating Capacity	11.40M kW	119.62M kW	90% lower	Saudi Arabia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.21% of GDP	1.7% of GDP	88% lower	Saudi Arabia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	8.0 sites	87% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Generation	58.64 TWh	454.64 TWh	87% lower	Saudi Arabia
Border Neighbors	1.0	7.0	86% lower	Saudi Arabia
Shipping Traffic	1.54M	10.46M	85% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP (Nominal)	$219,162,637,362.64	$1,239,804,533,333.33	82% lower	Saudi Arabia
Coastline Length	563 km	2.6K km	79% lower	Saudi Arabia
Total CO2 Emissions	135.27 Mt CO2e	652.51 Mt CO2e	79% lower	Saudi Arabia
Women in Parliament (%)	4.4%	19.87%	78% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$126,046.35	$71,375.37	77% higher	Qatar
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	44 per 100 people	73% lower	Saudi Arabia
Foreign Patents	722	2.6K	72% lower	Saudi Arabia
Merchant Fleet Size	123	433	72% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	19.4K kWh/person	11.8K kWh/person	64% higher	Qatar
Road Traffic Death Rate	7.3 per 100k	18.5 per 100k	61% lower	Saudi Arabia
Death Rate	1.4 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	60% lower	Saudi Arabia
University Enrollment Rate	35.09%	83.88%	58% lower	Saudi Arabia
Water Stress (%)	446.43%	974.17%	54% lower	Saudi Arabia
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	53% lower	Saudi Arabia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.1 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	50% lower	Saudi Arabia
Teen Birth Rate	5.7 per 1k	11.11 per 1k	49% lower	Saudi Arabia
Dependency Ratio	20.12% of working-age pop.	36.55% of working-age pop.	45% lower	Saudi Arabia
Elderly Population (%)	1.7%	3.0%	43% lower	Saudi Arabia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	75.66 µg/m³	53.15 µg/m³	42% higher	Qatar
Freedom of Expression Index	0.06	0.09	40% lower	Saudi Arabia
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	37% lower	Saudi Arabia
Youth Population (%)	15.07%	23.82%	37% lower	Saudi Arabia
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.68% of firms	1.0% of firms	33% lower	Saudi Arabia
Birth Rate	9.2 per 1k	13.41 per 1k	31% lower	Saudi Arabia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	21 days/yr	29% lower	Saudi Arabia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.23 per 100k people	0.31 per 100k people	25% lower	Saudi Arabia
Hypertension Prevalence	42.4% of adults	34.2% of adults	24% higher	Qatar
Inflation Rate	1.3%	1.7%	24% lower	Saudi Arabia
Imports (% GDP)	31.62% of GDP	25.57% of GDP	24% higher	Qatar
Air Passengers	37.71M	47.98M	21% lower	Saudi Arabia
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.68% of GDP	0.56% of GDP	20% higher	Qatar
Firms with Female Top Manager	1.4% of firms	1.8% of firms	19% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP Growth Rate	2.4%	2.0%	18% higher	Qatar
Urban Population (%)	99.32%	84.46%	18% higher	Qatar
Smoking Rate	12.5%	14.9%	16% lower	Saudi Arabia
Protected Land (%)	15.6%	18.5%	16% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	581.52 gCO2/kWh	691.95 gCO2/kWh	16% lower	Saudi Arabia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	12.5% of adults	14.7% of adults	15% lower	Saudi Arabia
Researchers	947.78 per 1M	1.1K per 1M	15% lower	Saudi Arabia
Median Age	33.2 years	29.2 years	13% higher	Qatar
Women's Political Empowerment	0.39	0.35	12% higher	Qatar
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,781.56	$1,593.37	12% higher	Qatar
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.0 per 1k	3.4 per 1k	11% lower	Saudi Arabia
Military Spending	6.5% of GDP	7.3% of GDP	11% lower	Saudi Arabia
Renewable Energy (%)	0.81%	0.73%	11% higher	Qatar
Big Mac Price	$4.67	$5.07	8% lower	Saudi Arabia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	62.4 per 100k	58.04 per 100k	8% higher	Qatar
Credit Card Ownership	32.31% of adults	30.13% of adults	7% higher	Qatar
Obesity Rate	43.76%	41.11%	6% higher	Qatar
Insufficient Physical Activity	50.93% of adults	54.13% of adults	6% lower	Saudi Arabia
Life Expectancy	82.4 years	78.7 years	5% higher	Qatar
Child Mortality	6.0 per 1k births	6.2 per 1k births	3% lower	Saudi Arabia
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	3% higher	Qatar
Firms Asked for Bribes	9.8% of firms	9.5% of firms	3% higher	Qatar
Food Waste per Person	145.02 kg/person/yr	148.88 kg/person/yr	3% lower	Saudi Arabia
Human Development Index	0.89	0.90	2% lower	Saudi Arabia
Corruption Perceptions Index	58 pts	57 pts	2% higher	Qatar
Political Corruption Index	0.33	0.33	2% higher	Qatar
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	154 per 100 people	157.78 per 100 people	2% lower	Saudi Arabia
Sanitation Access (%)	99.94%	97.61%	2% higher	Qatar
Beer Consumption	0.25 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Qatar
Spirits Consumption	0.57 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Qatar
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Qatar
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Qatar
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.35%	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Forest Area	0 km²	9.8K km²	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Forest Coverage (%)	0%	0.45%	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Qatar
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	0.10%	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Internet Users (%)	100%	100%	equal	Qatar
Infant Mortality	4.9 per 1k births	4.9 per 1k births	equal	Qatar
Alcohol Consumption	1.1 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Qatar
Capital Elevation	0 m	612 m	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Qatar
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Qatar
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Qatar
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	14.5% of GDP	-3% of GDP	ranked higher	Qatar
Firms Hit by Power Outages	0% of firms	0.67% of firms	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	2.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Qatar

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Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 64 of 114 shared metrics, while Qatar leads in 50.

Qatar's Population Density is 13.7x that of Saudi Arabia (231.16 /km² vs 15.68 /km²).

Qatar's High-Tech Exports (%) is 4.2x that of Saudi Arabia (2.8% vs 0.54%).

Qatar's Suicide Rate is 4.0x that of Saudi Arabia (4.7 per 100k vs 0.95 per 100k).

Qatar's Government Debt (% GDP) is 2.6x that of Saudi Arabia (46.7% of GDP vs 13.1% of GDP).

Qatar's McDonald's Outlets per Million People is 1.5x that of Saudi Arabia (8.2 per 1M people vs 3.2 per 1M people).

Key Comparisons

Population DensityQatar leads

Qatar

231.16 /km²

Saudi Arabia

15.68 /km²

High-Tech Exports (%)Qatar leads

Qatar

2.8%

Saudi Arabia

0.54%

Suicide RateQatar leads

Qatar

4.7 per 100k

Saudi Arabia

0.95 per 100k

Government Debt (% GDP)Qatar leads

Qatar

46.7% of GDP

Saudi Arabia

13.1% of GDP

Qatar

8.2 per 1M people

Saudi Arabia

3.2 per 1M people

Vehicles per 1,000 PeopleQatar leads

Qatar

537.11 per 1k people

Saudi Arabia

222.77 per 1k people

Population Density

231.16 /km²

15.68 /km²

High-Tech Exports (%)

2.8%

0.54%

Suicide Rate

4.7 per 100k

0.95 per 100k

Government Debt (% GDP)

46.7% of GDP

13.1% of GDP

8.2 per 1M people

3.2 per 1M people

Vehicles per 1,000 People

537.11 per 1k people

222.77 per 1k people

Tourism Revenue

$14,318,000,000

$5,960,000,000

Exports (% GDP)

68.6% of GDP

29.11% of GDP

All-Time Olympic Medals

9.0 medals

4.0 medals

Energy Use (Per Capita)

16.7K kg oil eq/person

7.5K kg oil eq/person

GNI Per Capita

$77,290

$35,630

Electoral Democracy Index

0.03

0.02

Solar Electricity Share

3.8%

1.8%

CO2 Per Capita

41.27 t/person/yr

20.38 t/person/yr

Land Area

11.5K km²

2.15M km²

Water Withdrawal

0.25 B m³

23.38 B m³

Irrigated Land

130 km²

7.6K km²

Land Border Length

87 km

4.3K km

Domestic Patents

1.4K

Unemployment Rate

0.13%

3.9%

Qatar vs Saudi Arabia

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Population Density

High-Tech Exports (%)

Suicide Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Tourism Revenue

Exports (% GDP)

All-Time Olympic Medals

Energy Use (Per Capita)

GNI Per Capita

Electoral Democracy Index

Solar Electricity Share

CO2 Per Capita

Land Area

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Land Border Length

Domestic Patents

Unemployment Rate

Highest Elevation

Liberal Democracy Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Youth Unemployment Rate

Population

Agricultural Land (%)

Armed Forces Personnel

Airports

Scientific Publications

Electric Generating Capacity

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Electricity Generation

Border Neighbors

Shipping Traffic

GDP (Nominal)

Coastline Length

Total CO2 Emissions

Women in Parliament (%)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Broadband Access (%)

Foreign Patents

Merchant Fleet Size

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Death Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Water Stress (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Teen Birth Rate

Dependency Ratio

Elderly Population (%)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Freedom of Expression Index

Education Spending (% GDP)

Youth Population (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Birth Rate

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Hypertension Prevalence

Inflation Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Air Passengers

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Firms with Female Top Manager

GDP Growth Rate

Urban Population (%)

Smoking Rate

Protected Land (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity