QatarandSaudi Arabia

1868 · 1744

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Qatar

1868 — The Anglo-Qatari settlement recognises Qatar as distinct under the Al Thani

Dossier →Chronicle →

Saudi Arabia

1744 — The Diriyah pact founds the First Saudi State

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
42
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-22

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

QATSAU
  • GDP
    $216 B2025$1.28 T2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $72,5252025$34,5372025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    2.9%20254.5%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    1.3%20242.1%2025
    Observed 2024 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    100.2%202257.9%2025
    Observed 2022 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Society

QATSAU
  • Population
    3.0 m202537 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    82.5 yrs202479.0 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    99.4%202584.6%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    1.720242.32024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

QATSAU

Health

QATSAU
  • Health spending
    2.5%20235.7%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    3.0220233.412023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    5.920246.02024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    99.0%202496.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    95.3%2024—
    Observed 2024 / — · figures compared, never graded

Education

QATSAU

Technology

QATSAU
  • R&D spending
    0.7%20210.6%2024
    Observed 2021 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    94820211,2352024
    Observed 2021 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    98.1%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    15420241602024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    2.8%20240.5%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

QATSAU
  • Land area
    11,490 km²20232,149,690 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    0.0%20230.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    6.4%202380.8%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    47.3202418.52024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    0.0%20210.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

QATSAU
  • Resource rents
    27.3%202125.6%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    15.3%202123.7%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20210.2%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    100.0%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Bauxite
    —5.7 Mt2025
    Observed — / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Phosphate rock
    —10 Mt2025
    Observed — / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Military

QATSAU
  • Military burden
    6.5%20227.3%2024
    Observed 2022 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $15 B2022$80 B2024
    Observed 2022 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    22,0002020282,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 5 June 2017

    Blockade by neighbouring states

    Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties and imposed a land, sea and air blockade, accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism; Qatar rejected their thirteen demands as a breach of its sovereignty.

    Politics & Power · from the Qatar chronicle · Qatar Under Tamim: Blockade and World Stage · REFS 2 — Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani, Qatar: History (Persian Gulf, Oil, Gas)