Kuwait vs Qatar

Kuwait 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.

• Kuwait has about 1.6 times as many people as Qatar: 4.9 million against 3 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Qatar ($72,525) is about 2.2 times as high as in Kuwait ($32,312) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Qatar (2.9%) than in Kuwait (2.7%), a difference of 0.2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Kuwait (2.4% in 2025) than in Qatar (1.3% in 2024), a difference of 1.1 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Kuwait (2.2%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 2.1 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Kuwait can expect to live 2.1 years longer than one born in Qatar: 84.6 years against 82.5 years in 2024.
• The population of Kuwait is older: half of its people are over 34.5 years, against 33.2 years in Qatar in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kuwait (100% in 2025) than in Qatar (98.1% in 2024), a difference of 1.9 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Qatar (47.3 tonnes) are 100% higher than in Kuwait (23.7 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Kuwait (0.4%) than in Qatar (0.1%), a difference of 0.3 percentage points in 2024.