Bahrain vs Qatar

Bahrain and Qatar compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Qatar has about 1.9 times as many people as Bahrain: 3 million against 1.6 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Qatar ($72,525) is about 2.4 times as high as in Bahrain ($30,597) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Bahrain (3.5%) than in Qatar (2.9%), a difference of 0.6 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Qatar (1.3% in 2024) than in Bahrain (-0.1% in 2025), a difference of 1.4 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Bahrain (1.1%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 1 percentage point in 2025.
• A baby born in Qatar can expect to live 1.1 years longer than one born in Bahrain: 82.5 years against 81.4 years in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 32.9 years in both Bahrain and Qatar in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Bahrain (100%) than in Qatar (98.1%), a difference of 1.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Qatar (47.3 tonnes) are 98% higher than in Bahrain (23.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Bahrain (4.9%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 4.8 percentage points in 2024.