Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Qatar
Qatar: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 100.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Qatar, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Qatar is 100.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Qatar peaked at 100.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 99.9%, in 2000.
That places Qatar 52nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 51 San Marino 100.0% compare
- 53 United States 100.0% compare
- 54 Australia 100.0% compare
- 55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% compare
More environment data for Qatar
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 162.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 56.95 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.3691 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 19.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0158 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 23.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0597 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0352 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Qatar?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Qatar was 100.0% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.9% in 2000.
- How does Qatar rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Qatar ranks 52nd out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Qatar data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.