Denmark vs Qatar

Denmark 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.

• Denmark has about 2 times as many people as Qatar: 6 million against 3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Denmark ($76,970) is 6% higher than in Qatar ($72,525) in 2025.
• Real GDP growth was the same in Denmark (2.9%) and Qatar (2.9%) in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Denmark (1.9% in 2025) than in Qatar (1.3% in 2024), a difference of 0.6 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Denmark (5.5%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 5.4 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Denmark (82.3 years) and Qatar (82.5 years) in 2024.
• The population of Denmark is older: half of its people are over 41.2 years, against 33.2 years in Qatar in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Denmark (99.8%) than in Qatar (98.1%), a difference of 1.7 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Qatar (47.3 tonnes) are about 11 times as high as in Denmark (4.3 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Denmark (16%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 15.9 percentage points in 2024.