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Transport and infrastructure in Qatar

Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Qatar with the average of all countries in Asia. Overall, the main traffic and transport routes are well developed and in comparatively good condition.

Airports in Qatar


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Road traffic

The network of roads and highways has a total length of 7,039 km. For each of the country's 2.69 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 2.62 meters. This puts Qatar in 154th place in the global ranking. However, the country's size and population density of around 232 inhabitants per km² must also be taken into account. Countries with fewer inhabitants in the same or even larger area naturally achieve quite different values here and have to connect remote areas to the transport network despite a smaller population.

With an average of 268 traffic fatalities per year (2013 - 2019), road traffic in Qatar is considered reasonably safe. This corresponds to 10.3 accident fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year. By comparison, this figure is 12.3 in the USA and 17.0 worldwide.

In Qatar, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.


 

Qatar

 totalper 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways7,000 km2,618.45 km606.29 m
Railroads0 km0.00 km0.00 m
Waterways0 km0.00 km0.00 m
Commercial harbors12947.990.011
Airports10.370.086
 

Asia

 total per 1 mio
inhabitants
per km²
Roadways16,613,000 km3,524.24 km519.50 m
Railroads280,000 km59.41 km8.76 m
Waterways260,300 km55.21 km8.14 m
Commercial harbors45,9989.760.001
Airports1,0120.210.000


Data sources used

Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)
UNCTAD
Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
CIA Factbook
OECD Statistics
Wikipedia (german)
Qatar: AirportsLargest airports and airlines in QatarThe biggest airports and in Qatar with further information and data with further information on airlines and destinations
Qatar: ClimateClimate details in QatarA climate analysis for Qatar incl. temperatures, humidity, rain days per month, hours of sunshine, water temperature, rainfalls
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