Israel vs Qatar

Israel 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.

• Israel has about 3.4 times as many people as Qatar: 10.1 million against 3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Qatar ($72,525) is 20% higher than in Israel ($60,337) in 2025.
• Real GDP growth was the same in Israel (2.9%) and Qatar (2.9%) in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Israel (3% in 2025) than in Qatar (1.3% in 2024), a difference of 1.7 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Israel (3.5%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 3.4 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Israel can expect to live 0.7 years longer than one born in Qatar: 83.2 years against 82.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Qatar is older: half of its people are over 33.2 years, against 29.1 years in Israel in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Qatar (98.1%) than in Israel (88.2%), a difference of 9.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Qatar (47.3 tonnes) are about 8.2 times as high as in Israel (5.8 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Israel (6.8%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 6.7 percentage points in 2024.