Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Qatar
Qatar: Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square was 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Qatar, 2011–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.8% on the previous year and up 92.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Qatar peaked at 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 672,954 current US$ per square kilometre, in 2011.
Qatar ranks 9th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Qatar, year by year
| Year | current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 672,954 current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2012 | 921,792 current US$ per square kilometre | +37.0% |
| 2013 | 1.01 million current US$ per square kilometre | +9.6% |
| 2014 | 1.12 million current US$ per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million current US$ per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 1.14 million current US$ per square kilometre | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 1.07 million current US$ per square kilometre | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 1.02 million current US$ per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 1.09 million current US$ per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 1.00 million current US$ per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 1.36 million current US$ per square kilometre | +36.2% |
| 2022 | 1.58 million current US$ per square kilometre | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre | +22.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.01 million current US$ per square kilometre | 672,954 current US$ per square kilometre | 1.14 million current US$ per square kilometre | 9 |
| 2020s | 1.47 million current US$ per square kilometre | 1.00 million current US$ per square kilometre | 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 6 Aruba 2.47 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 7 Luxembourg 1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 8 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.96 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 10 Maldives 1.74 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 11 Cayman Islands 1.57 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 12 Curacao 1.25 million current US$ per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Qatar
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0059 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0397 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0493 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0493 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0071 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1746 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2166 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0017 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Qatar?
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square in Qatar was 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 672,954 current US$ per square kilometre in 2011.
- How does Qatar rank for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square?
- Qatar ranks 9th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.