Qatar
Capital: Doha · High income · Pop. 2.9 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Qatar, 95.35% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 132,889 people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 99.94% use safely managed sanitation services and 99.94% have at least a basic service (2024).
Qatar has about 21 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 446% of those internal resources annually (extreme (over-extraction) water stress), meaning it relies on rivers from outside its borders, desalination, or drawing down stored reserves.
Agriculture accounts for about 33% of Qatar's water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Qatar have safe drinking water?
95.35% of Qatar's population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 132,889 people do not.
Does Qatar have enough freshwater?
Qatar has roughly 21 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 446% of it annually (extreme (over-extraction) stress).