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Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

114 shared metrics.

QatarLeads in 33

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United Arab EmiratesLeads in 81

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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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

United Arab Emirates

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Identity

Name origin: self-descriptive country name.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Al Ain shows settled desert life going back to the Neolithic, with ancient oasis irrigation.

UNESCO

Analysis

United Arab Emirates leads in 81 of 114 shared metrics, while Qatar leads in 33.

Qatar's All-Time Olympic Medals is 3.5x that of United Arab Emirates (9.0 medals vs 2.0 medals).

Qatar's Political Corruption Index is 2.1x that of United Arab Emirates (0.33 vs 0.10).

Qatar's Suicide Rate is 1.8x that of United Arab Emirates (4.7 per 100k vs 1.7 per 100k).

Qatar's Government Debt (% GDP) is 1.4x that of United Arab Emirates (46.7% of GDP vs 19.7% of GDP).

Qatar's Air Pollution (PM2.5) is 1.1x that of United Arab Emirates (75.66 µg/m³ vs 36.31 µg/m³).

Key Comparisons

All-Time Olympic MedalsQatar leads

Qatar

9.0 medals

United Arab Emirates

2.0 medals

Political Corruption IndexQatar leads

Qatar

0.33

United Arab Emirates

0.10

Suicide RateQatar leads

Qatar

4.7 per 100k

United Arab Emirates

1.7 per 100k

Government Debt (% GDP)Qatar leads

Qatar

46.7% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

19.7% of GDP

Air Pollution (PM2.5)Qatar leads

Qatar

75.66 µg/m³

United Arab Emirates

36.31 µg/m³

CO2 Per CapitaQatar leads

Qatar

41.27 t/person/yr

United Arab Emirates

20.13 t/person/yr

All Metrics

All-Time Olympic Medals

Qatar

9.0 medals

United Arab Emirates

2.0 medals

350% higher

Political Corruption Index

Qatar

0.33

United Arab Emirates

0.10

215% higher

Suicide Rate

Qatar

4.7 per 100k

United Arab Emirates

1.7 per 100k

175% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Qatar

46.7% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

19.7% of GDP

137% higher

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Qatar

75.66 µg/m³

United Arab Emirates

36.31 µg/m³

108% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Qatar

41.27 t/person/yr

United Arab Emirates

20.13 t/person/yr

105% higher

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Qatar

16.7K kg oil eq/person

United Arab Emirates

8.3K kg oil eq/person

100% higher

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Qatar

2.0 gold medals

United Arab Emirates

1.0 gold medals

100% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

0.21% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

8.3% of GDP

97% lower

Highest Elevation

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

103 m

United Arab Emirates

1.9K m

95% lower

Unemployment Rate

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

0.13%

United Arab Emirates

2.1%

94% lower

Tourist Arrivals

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

582.0K

United Arab Emirates

8.08M

93% lower

Shipping Traffic

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

1.54M

United Arab Emirates

20.30M

92% lower

Land Border Length

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

87 km

United Arab Emirates

1.1K km

92% lower

Women in Parliament (%)

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

4.4%

United Arab Emirates

50%

91% lower

Youth Unemployment Rate

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

0.56% of youth labor force

United Arab Emirates

6.5% of youth labor force

91% lower

Homicide Rate

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

0.07 per 100k

United Arab Emirates

0.69 per 100k

90% lower

Water Withdrawal

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

0.25 B m³

United Arab Emirates

2.3 B m³

89% lower

Irrigated Land

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

130 km²

United Arab Emirates

940 km²

86% lower

Land Area

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

11.5K km²

United Arab Emirates

71.0K km²

84% lower

Comparison of Qatar and United Arab Emirates across 114 metrics
				Winner
All-Time Olympic Medals	9.0 medals	2.0 medals	350% higher	Qatar
Political Corruption Index	0.33	0.10	215% higher	Qatar
Suicide Rate	4.7 per 100k	1.7 per 100k	175% higher	Qatar
Government Debt (% GDP)	46.7% of GDP	19.7% of GDP	137% higher	Qatar
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	75.66 µg/m³	36.31 µg/m³	108% higher	Qatar
CO2 Per Capita	41.27 t/person/yr	20.13 t/person/yr	105% higher	Qatar
Energy Use (Per Capita)	16.7K kg oil eq/person	8.3K kg oil eq/person	100% higher	Qatar
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	2.0 gold medals	1.0 gold medals	100% higher	Qatar
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.21% of GDP	8.3% of GDP	97% lower	United Arab Emirates
Highest Elevation	103 m	1.9K m	95% lower	United Arab Emirates
Unemployment Rate	0.13%	2.1%	94% lower	United Arab Emirates
Tourist Arrivals	582.0K	8.08M	93% lower	United Arab Emirates
Shipping Traffic	1.54M	20.30M	92% lower	United Arab Emirates
Land Border Length	87 km	1.1K km	92% lower	United Arab Emirates
Women in Parliament (%)	4.4%	50%	91% lower	United Arab Emirates
Youth Unemployment Rate	0.56% of youth labor force	6.5% of youth labor force	91% lower	United Arab Emirates
Homicide Rate	0.07 per 100k	0.69 per 100k	90% lower	United Arab Emirates
Water Withdrawal	0.25 B m³	2.3 B m³	89% lower	United Arab Emirates
Irrigated Land	130 km²	940 km²	86% lower	United Arab Emirates
Land Area	11.5K km²	71.0K km²	84% lower	United Arab Emirates
Teen Birth Rate	5.7 per 1k	3.1 per 1k	83% higher	Qatar
Airports	7.0	42	83% lower	United Arab Emirates
Merchant Fleet Size	123	655	81% lower	United Arab Emirates
Population	2.57M	10.09M	75% lower	United Arab Emirates
Electric Generating Capacity	11.40M kW	44.46M kW	74% lower	United Arab Emirates
Water Stress (%)	446.43%	1.5K%	70% lower	United Arab Emirates
Foreign Patents	722	2.4K	69% lower	United Arab Emirates
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.8%	9.0%	69% lower	United Arab Emirates
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	37 per 100 people	68% lower	United Arab Emirates
Renewable Energy (%)	0.81%	2.5%	68% lower	United Arab Emirates
Electoral Democracy Index	0.03	0.10	67% lower	United Arab Emirates
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.23 per 100k people	0.71 per 100k people	67% lower	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Generation	58.64 TWh	177.25 TWh	67% lower	United Arab Emirates
Imports (% GDP)	31.62% of GDP	92.2% of GDP	66% lower	United Arab Emirates
Armed Forces Personnel	22.0K	63.0K	65% lower	United Arab Emirates
Researchers	947.78 per 1M	2.6K per 1M	64% lower	United Arab Emirates
Spirits Consumption	0.57 L/person/yr	1.5 L/person/yr	62% lower	United Arab Emirates
Beer Consumption	0.25 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	61% higher	Qatar
GDP (Nominal)	$219,162,637,362.64	$552,324,846,834.58	60% lower	United Arab Emirates
Air Passengers	37.71M	91.06M	59% lower	United Arab Emirates
Scientific Publications	2.6K	6.4K	59% lower	United Arab Emirates
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$126,046.35	$79,228.74	59% higher	Qatar
Population Density	231.16 /km²	147.62 /km²	57% higher	Qatar
Coastline Length	563 km	1.3K km	57% lower	United Arab Emirates
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	8.2 per 1M people	19.22 per 1M people	57% lower	United Arab Emirates
Solar Electricity Share	3.8%	8.6%	55% lower	United Arab Emirates
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.68% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	54% lower	United Arab Emirates
Health Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	53% lower	United Arab Emirates
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	15 days/yr	30 days/yr	50% lower	United Arab Emirates
GNI Per Capita	$77,290	$51,550	50% higher	Qatar
Alcohol Consumption	1.1 L/adult/yr	2.1 L/adult/yr	50% lower	United Arab Emirates
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	2.0 sites	50% lower	United Arab Emirates
Border Neighbors	1.0	2.0	50% lower	United Arab Emirates
University Enrollment Rate	35.09%	63.74%	45% lower	United Arab Emirates
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.1 per 1k	2.0 per 1k	45% lower	United Arab Emirates
Tourism Revenue	$14,318,000,000	$24,615,400,390.63	42% lower	United Arab Emirates
Vehicles per 1,000 People	537.11 per 1k people	379.53 per 1k people	42% higher	Qatar
GDP Growth Rate	2.4%	4.0%	41% lower	United Arab Emirates
Obesity Rate	43.76%	31.55%	39% higher	Qatar
Smoking Rate	12.5%	9.0%	39% higher	Qatar
Women's Political Empowerment	0.39	0.61	37% lower	United Arab Emirates
Tobacco Use Prevalence	12.5% of adults	9.2% of adults	36% higher	Qatar
Exports (% GDP)	68.6% of GDP	106.85% of GDP	36% lower	United Arab Emirates
Total CO2 Emissions	135.27 Mt CO2e	200.56 Mt CO2e	33% lower	United Arab Emirates
Domestic Patents	47	69	32% lower	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	19.4K kWh/person	14.7K kWh/person	32% higher	Qatar
Inflation Rate	1.3%	1.7%	24% lower	United Arab Emirates
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	154 per 100 people	203 per 100 people	24% lower	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Carbon Intensity	581.52 gCO2/kWh	467.51 gCO2/kWh	24% higher	Qatar
Road Traffic Death Rate	7.3 per 100k	5.9 per 100k	24% higher	Qatar
Infant Mortality	4.9 per 1k births	4.0 per 1k births	23% higher	Qatar
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,781.56	$2,314.75	23% lower	United Arab Emirates
Child Mortality	6.0 per 1k births	5.0 per 1k births	20% higher	Qatar
Credit Card Ownership	32.31% of adults	26.84% of adults	20% higher	Qatar
Seafood Consumption per Person	21.98 kg/person/yr	27.02 kg/person/yr	19% lower	United Arab Emirates
Protected Land (%)	15.6%	19.2%	19% lower	United Arab Emirates
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	19% higher	Qatar
Liberal Democracy Index	0.09	0.08	18% higher	Qatar
Death Rate	1.4 per 1k	1.7 per 1k	18% lower	United Arab Emirates
Agricultural Land (%)	6.4%	5.5%	17% higher	Qatar
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.2% of GDP	3.9% of GDP	17% lower	United Arab Emirates
Corruption Perceptions Index	58 pts	69 pts	16% lower	United Arab Emirates
Urban Population (%)	99.32%	85.82%	16% higher	Qatar
Insufficient Physical Activity	50.93% of adults	60.93% of adults	16% lower	United Arab Emirates
Military Spending	6.5% of GDP	5.6% of GDP	15% higher	Qatar
Birth Rate	9.2 per 1k	10.65 per 1k	14% lower	United Arab Emirates
Freedom of Expression Index	0.06	0.06	13% lower	United Arab Emirates
Big Mac Price	$4.67	$5.17	10% lower	United Arab Emirates
Dependency Ratio	20.12% of working-age pop.	21.77% of working-age pop.	8% lower	United Arab Emirates
Hypertension Prevalence	42.4% of adults	39.4% of adults	8% higher	Qatar
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	62.4 per 100k	57.68 per 100k	8% higher	Qatar
Human Development Index	0.89	0.94	6% lower	United Arab Emirates
Average Weekly Work Hours	48 hrs/week	50.82 hrs/week	6% lower	United Arab Emirates
Median Age	33.2 years	31.2 years	6% higher	Qatar
Youth Population (%)	15.07%	16.11%	6% lower	United Arab Emirates
Elderly Population (%)	1.7%	1.8%	5% lower	United Arab Emirates
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	14.5% of GDP	15.3% of GDP	5% lower	United Arab Emirates
Food Waste per Person	145.02 kg/person/yr	150.41 kg/person/yr	4% lower	United Arab Emirates
Safe Drinking Water (%)	95.35%	98.64%	3% lower	United Arab Emirates
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.0 per 1k	3.0 per 1k	1% higher	Qatar
Sanitation Access (%)	99.94%	99.09%	1% higher	Qatar
Life Expectancy	82.4 years	82.9 years	1% lower	United Arab Emirates
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	United Arab Emirates
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0.11%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Forest Area	0 km²	3.2K km²	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Forest Coverage (%)	0%	4.5%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	United Arab Emirates
Renewable Energy (%)	0%	1.0%	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Internet Users (%)	100%	100%	equal	United Arab Emirates
Capital Elevation	0 m	14 m	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked lower	United Arab Emirates
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	United Arab Emirates

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Analysis

United Arab Emirates leads in 81 of 114 shared metrics, while Qatar leads in 33.

Qatar's All-Time Olympic Medals is 3.5x that of United Arab Emirates (9.0 medals vs 2.0 medals).

Qatar's Political Corruption Index is 2.1x that of United Arab Emirates (0.33 vs 0.10).

Qatar's Suicide Rate is 1.8x that of United Arab Emirates (4.7 per 100k vs 1.7 per 100k).

Qatar's Government Debt (% GDP) is 1.4x that of United Arab Emirates (46.7% of GDP vs 19.7% of GDP).

Qatar's Air Pollution (PM2.5) is 1.1x that of United Arab Emirates (75.66 µg/m³ vs 36.31 µg/m³).

Key Comparisons

All-Time Olympic MedalsQatar leads

Qatar

9.0 medals

United Arab Emirates

2.0 medals

Political Corruption IndexQatar leads

Qatar

0.33

United Arab Emirates

0.10

Suicide RateQatar leads

Qatar

4.7 per 100k

United Arab Emirates

1.7 per 100k

Government Debt (% GDP)Qatar leads

Qatar

46.7% of GDP

United Arab Emirates

19.7% of GDP

Air Pollution (PM2.5)Qatar leads

Qatar

75.66 µg/m³

United Arab Emirates

36.31 µg/m³

CO2 Per CapitaQatar leads

Qatar

41.27 t/person/yr

United Arab Emirates

20.13 t/person/yr

All-Time Olympic Medals

9.0 medals

2.0 medals

Political Corruption Index

0.33

0.10

Suicide Rate

4.7 per 100k

1.7 per 100k

Government Debt (% GDP)

46.7% of GDP

19.7% of GDP

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

75.66 µg/m³

36.31 µg/m³

CO2 Per Capita

41.27 t/person/yr

20.13 t/person/yr

Energy Use (Per Capita)

16.7K kg oil eq/person

8.3K kg oil eq/person

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

2.0 gold medals

1.0 gold medals

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

0.21% of GDP

8.3% of GDP

Highest Elevation

103 m

1.9K m

Unemployment Rate

0.13%

2.1%

Tourist Arrivals

582.0K

8.08M

Shipping Traffic

1.54M

20.30M

Land Border Length

87 km

1.1K km

Women in Parliament (%)

4.4%

50%

Youth Unemployment Rate

0.56% of youth labor force

6.5% of youth labor force

Homicide Rate

0.07 per 100k

0.69 per 100k

Water Withdrawal

0.25 B m³

2.3 B m³

Irrigated Land

130 km²

940 km²

Land Area

11.5K km²

71.0K km²

Qatar vs United Arab Emirates

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

All-Time Olympic Medals

Political Corruption Index

Suicide Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

CO2 Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Highest Elevation

Unemployment Rate

Tourist Arrivals

Shipping Traffic

Land Border Length

Women in Parliament (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Homicide Rate

Water Withdrawal

Irrigated Land

Land Area

Teen Birth Rate

Airports

Merchant Fleet Size

Population

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Stress (%)

Foreign Patents

High-Tech Exports (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Renewable Energy (%)

Electoral Democracy Index

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Electricity Generation

Imports (% GDP)

Armed Forces Personnel

Researchers

Spirits Consumption

Beer Consumption

GDP (Nominal)

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Population Density

Coastline Length

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Solar Electricity Share

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

GNI Per Capita

Alcohol Consumption

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Border Neighbors

University Enrollment Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Tourism Revenue

Vehicles per 1,000 People

GDP Growth Rate

Obesity Rate

Smoking Rate

Women's Political Empowerment

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Exports (% GDP)

Total CO2 Emissions

Domestic Patents

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Inflation Rate

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Infant Mortality

Health Spending Per Capita