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Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.
Summary from Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Data refreshed on 2026.10.08 · source: Wikidata
Points to watch 2026.10.09
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Context
Not free according to Freedom House (score 25/100). Freedom House 2025
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The Institute's composite reading
Risque élevé
5.1 /10 risk
- Security 2.0
- Legitimacy 3.6
- Economy 7.0
- Diplomacy 5.0
- Influence 0.7
Security: 0 stable → 10 unstable · others: 0 weak → 10 strong. Computed from V-Dem, FH, CPI, RSF, World Bank, SIPRI, sanctions.
UN list of 2026.10.07: 5 people and 0 entities linked to the country by nationality or a known address. Regimes: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (4), Taliban (Afghanistan) (1).
Listings linked to the country by nationality or address: United States 23 (list of 2026.10.02), United Kingdom 5 (list of 2026.10.07), EU 8 (list of 2026.09.22).
- Capital
- Doha
- Population
- 3,173,024 inh.
- Area
- 11,586 km²
- Currency
- QAR
- Regime
- constitutional monarchy
Executive in office
Head of State
Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani
Head of Government
Mohammed ben Abderrahmane Al-Thani
Government in office 5 members
Minister of Education and Higher Education
Lolwah Al-Khater
Minister of Public Health
Mansoor bin Ebrahim bin Saad Al Mahmoud
Minister of Commerce and Industry
Faisal Bin Thani Al-Thani
Minister of Transport
Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani
vice-Premier ministre du Qatar
Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
Parliament
Conseil consultatif du Qatar
45 seats
Chair Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud
Economic indicators World Bank · 2025
GDP
216 G$
GDP / capita
72,525 $
Growth
2.9 %
Inflation
1.3 %
Unemployment
0.1 %
Defense / GDP
6.5 %
Life expectancy
82.5 yrs
Military bases Institute · Wikipedia
active rotational or scaled down uncertain closed or handed over foreign base on national soil
Register kept by the Institute, updated 2026.10.08; coordinates and links read from Wikipedia.
Foreign bases on national soil 2
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1
Tariq bin Ziyad base
Türkiye · Doha
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2
Al Udeid Air Base
United States of America · Al-Udeid
Largest US base in the Middle East, forward post of Central Command.
Strategic chokepoints 1 control point(s)
- dépend Détroit d'Ormuz 100% des exports GNL transitent
Governance indices V-Dem 2025 · Freedom House 2026 · CPI 2025 · RSF 2026
Democracy (V-Dem)
0.03/1
Freedoms (Freedom House)
25/100
Corruption (CPI)
58/100
Press freedom (RSF)
60/100
Military posture SIPRI · 2022
Annual budget
16.1 Md$
Defense effort
6.5 %PIB
Strategic minerals USGS · production / réserves mondiales
- #3 Gaz naturel (réserves) — 2024
Trade dependencies OEC · UN Comtrade · 2023
Exports
105 Md$
Imports
35 Md$
Balance
70 Md$
Top exports
- 56.0% Gaz naturel (LNG) 59 Md$
- 20.0% Pétrole brut 21 Md$
Top imports
- 12.0% Voitures + pièces 4 Md$
- 8.0% Avions 3 Md$
Export partners
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Chine
19.0%
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Inde
13.0%
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Corée du Sud
12.5%
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Japon
11.0%
Import partners
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États-Unis
14.0%
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Chine
13.0%
Diplomatic alignment UNGA 2020-2024 · Bailey-Strezhnev-Voeten
Vote concordance with each power at UN General Assembly.
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USA
47%
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GBR
50%
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FRA
53%
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DEU
53%
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RUS
51%
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CHN
67%
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IRN
53%
Abstention: 19%
Society · human UNDP HDI 2023 · World Bank · WID · UNHCR 2025
HDI
0.886/1
Refugees hosted
195
Refugees originating
73
National anthem
As Salam al Amiri
Alliances and organisations Institut · Wikidata
- UN
- WTO
- Arab League
- OIC
- GCC
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Global attention Wikipedia · 90 days
The country's Wikipedia article is usually read 3,246 times a day (French and English). On 2026.10.07: 3,195, or ×1.0.
French + English French usual level 2026.07.10 · 2026.10.07 Wikimedia statistics (CC0), human users
Sources and freshness
- Executive, government, parliament, anthem · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- Economy · World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · 2025
- Indices and figures · V-Dem 2026 (OWID) · Freedom House 2026 (OWID) · Transparency International CPI 2025 · RSF 2026 · PNUD IDH 2025 (OWID) · UNHCR 2025 · SIPRI 2026 (OWID) · read on 2026-10-08
- Memberships · Wikidata (CC0) · 2026-10-08
- UN sanctions · Security Council consolidated list · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · US Treasury (OFAC), SDN and non-SDN lists · list of 2026-10-02 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · United Kingdom, UK Sanctions List (FCDO) · list of 2026-10-07 · read on 2026-10-08
- Sanctions · European Union, consolidated financial sanctions list · list of 2026-09-22 · read on 2026-10-08
- Institute dossier (sanctions, treaties, visits, capabilities) · as of 2026-05-01
- Summary · Wikipédia (CC BY-SA 4.0)