Qatar: health and care

What is life expectancy in Qatar?

Life expectancy at birth in Qatar was 82.5 years in 2024, according to World Bank Open Data. The infant mortality rate was 4.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to the World Bank infant mortality series.

Life expectancy at birth is the number of years a newborn would live if death rates at each age stayed as they were. The estimates come from the UN Population Division.

Official sources: World Bank: Life expectancy at birth, Qatar · World Bank API: Infant mortality rate, Qatar

How much does Qatar spend on health?

Qatar's current health expenditure was 2.5% of GDP in 2023, according to World Bank Open Data, based on WHO estimates. There were 3.0 physicians per 1,000 people in 2023, according to the World Bank physicians series.

Health spending as a share of GDP depends on the size of GDP as well as on spending. Current health expenditure excludes capital spending such as building hospitals.

Official sources: World Bank: Current health expenditure (% of GDP), Qatar · World Bank API: Physicians per 1,000 people, Qatar

How many children in Qatar are vaccinated?

99.7% of children in Qatar received the first dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine at 12 months in 2025, and 98.5% the second dose at 18 months, according to the Ministry of Public Health's child immunisation coverage dataset. Coverage of the third dose of the six-in-one (hexavalent) vaccine at 6 months was 96.1%.

Coverage is the share of children of the target age who received each dose. The national schedule includes BCG and hepatitis B at birth (98.9% and 98.6%), pneumococcal, rotavirus, polio and chickenpox vaccines. Flu vaccination for children aged 6 months to 5 years was much lower, at 3.7%.

Official sources: child immunisation coverage dataset

How many children do women in Qatar have?

The total fertility rate in Qatar was 1.4 children per woman in 2025, down from 1.5 in 2024 and 1.7 in 2020, according to the Ministry of Public Health's fertility rate dataset. 32,169 live births were registered in 2025, 7,385 to Qatari families and 24,784 to non-Qatari families, the National Planning Council's births dataset shows.

The fertility rate is the number of children a woman would have over her life at current birth rates by age. Births rose from 29,706 in 2024. The UN modelled estimate is higher, at 1.72 in 2024, on World Bank Open Data, which uses different data and methods.

Official sources: fertility rate dataset · births dataset · World Bank Open Data (API)

How common is tuberculosis in Qatar?

911 cases of tuberculosis were reported in Qatar in 2023, a rate of 29.7 per 100,000 people, according to the Ministry of Public Health's tuberculosis dataset. There were 872 cases in 2022 and 983 in 2021.

The rate counts newly reported cases each year for every 100,000 residents. The dataset lists 2024 but gives no figure for that year. Rates per 100,000 depend on the population estimate used, which changes as the number of foreign residents changes.

Official sources: tuberculosis dataset

How many hospital beds does Qatar have?

Qatar's government hospitals had 4,491 beds in 2025 and private hospitals 964, according to the Ministry of Public Health's datasets on government hospital beds and private hospital beds. Private hospital beds rose from 476 in 2022.

Government hospitals are run mainly by Hamad Medical Corporation. Together the two datasets give about 5,455 beds, or roughly 1.6 per 1,000 people for a population of about 3.3 million. The World Bank series gives 1.25 beds per 1,000 in 2022, on World Bank Open Data. Primary health care is provided by separate health centres.

Official sources: government hospital beds · private hospital beds · on World Bank Open Data

What is the average life expectancy in Qatar?

The UN Population Division puts life expectancy at birth in Qatar at 82.5 years in 2024. The peak was 82.9 years in 2019 and the low 76.9 years in 2005. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 77.3 years, and Qatar placed 5th highest of 22. Worldwide: 22nd of 193.

What is the infant mortality rate in Qatar?

4.8 per 1,000: that is the infant mortality rate in Qatar for 2024, according to the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. No year since 2005 has been lower. It is 18th highest of 22 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, where the median is 11.2 per 1,000. World rank, highest first: 144th of 192.

What is the maternal mortality rate in Qatar?

The latest figure from the WHO, for 2023, is 4.0 per 100,000. No year since 2005 has been lower. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 18.5 per 100,000, and Qatar placed 20th highest of 22. Worldwide: 171st of 192.

How much does Qatar spend on health?

In 2023, current health spending in Qatar was 2.5% of GDP, according to the WHO. Its high point since 2005 was 2020, at 3.8% of GDP; its low point was 2011, at 1.6% of GDP. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan median: 5.6% of GDP; Qatar is 20th highest of 22. World rank, highest first: 185th of 191.

How much of health care in Qatar do patients pay for?

7.4%: that is out-of-pocket health spending in Qatar for 2023, according to the WHO. The peak was 19.4% in 2009 and the low 5.3% in 2015. Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan median: 32.7%; Qatar is 21st highest of 22. Of 191 countries with 2023 data, 178th highest.

What is the doctor to patient ratio in Qatar?

3.0 per 1,000: that is the number of doctors per 1,000 people in Qatar for 2023, according to the WHO. Its high point since 2005 was 2010, at 4.0 per 1,000; its low point was 2014, at 1.9 per 1,000. Across Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan the middle value was 3.0 per 1,000, and Qatar placed 3rd highest of 7. World rank, highest first: 18th of 58.

How many hospital beds per person does Qatar have?

The latest figure from the WHO, for 2022, is 1.2 per 1,000. Since 2005 it has ranged from 0.94 per 1,000 (2017) to 2.2 per 1,000 (2006). It is 8th highest of 12 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, where the median is 1.6 per 1,000. Of 110 countries with 2022 data, 90th highest.

What is the measles vaccination rate in Qatar?

99.0%: that is measles vaccination among children aged 12 to 23 months in Qatar for 2024, according to WHO and UNICEF. That is the highest since at least 2005. It is 1st highest of 22 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, where the median is 96.0%. World rank, highest first: 1st of 191.