QAR
Qatar
Qatar's bank spread is 0.07 %, the lowest of 62. And its unemployment rate is 0.13 %, the lowest of 124.
Of 15 fields published for Qatar, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
56 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$4,226 PPP/mo
The average employee in Qatar earns about $4,226 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
48.30 %
100 saved in Qatar in 2000 buys what 48 buys today — 52 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$4,226 PPP/mo
The average employee in Qatar earns about $4,226 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$363 PPP/mo
The law in Qatar sets the floor at about $363 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
3.41 %
A bank account in Qatar currently gains about 3.4 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
4.68 %
Inflation rate
1.27 %
At 1.3 % a year, prices double in about 57 years if it holds.
Corporate tax
10.00 %
ranked 10th of 96
Debt per person
$30,025
ranked 103rd of 123
Minimum wage
$363 PPP/mo
ranked 65th of 86
Savings vs inflation
3.41 %
ranked 19th of 70
Where Qatar sits, field by field
Each dot is Qatar’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Bank spread0.07 %1 of 62
- Unemployment rate0.13 %1 of 124
- GDP per capita$72,52510 of 127
- Corporate tax10.00 %10 of 96
- Lending rate4.75 %10 of 67
- Debt per person$30,025103 of 123
- Minimum wage$363 PPP/mo65 of 86
- Savings vs inflation3.41 %19 of 70
- Average monthly salary$4,226 PPP/mo25 of 92
- Government debt41.40 %39 of 124
- Inflation rate1.27 %40 of 126
- Money's value48.30 %42 of 116
- Price level56 % of US prices80 of 125
- Deposit rate4.68 %38 of 70
- GDP growth2.90 %64 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Kuwait
avg gap 14.5 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $30,025 (Qatar) vs $4,718
Czech Republic
avg gap 16.5 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 3.41 % (Qatar) vs -0.86 %
Poland
avg gap 17.2 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 1.27 % (Qatar) vs 3.81 %
Lithuania
avg gap 17.7 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 0.13 % (Qatar) vs 6.73 %
| Average monthly salary | $4,226 PPP/mo | ranked 25th of 92 | |
| Government debt | 41.40 % | ranked 39th of 124 | |
| Inflation rate | 1.27 % | ranked 40th of 126 | |
| Money's value | 48.30 % | ranked 42nd of 116 | |
| Price level | 56 % of US prices | ranked 80th of 125 | |
| Deposit rate | 4.68 % | ranked 38th of 70 | |
| GDP growth | 2.90 % | ranked 64th of 127 |
✓ 15 fields published for Qatar, every one dated and sourced · 20 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Qatar: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 15 figures
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2022
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025