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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Qatar: Mobility & Trade

How connected is a country to the rest of the world?

Qatar is placed 27th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 91.55 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 2.5 (2024).

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Mobility & Trade

27th

of 177 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics

Country Index 2026, all topics58th of 183 →

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Qatar on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 4

    Liner Shipping Connectivity Index

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    91.55

    LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 57th of 177 by UNCTAD

    Qatar: 91.55. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.

    World median
    60.84
    Best in Western Asia
    319.55 United Arab Emirates
    Land neighbours
    Saudi Arabia 237.46

  2. Key 2 of 4

    Container Import Dwell Time

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    2.5

    Median days a full import container waits in port

    Lower is better

    Qatar: 2.5. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.

    World median
    4.4
    Best in Western Asia
    2 Cyprus
    Land neighbours
    Saudi Arabia 3.3

  3. Key 3 of 4

    Logistics Performance Index

    World Bank Group

    Why it is a key

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 4.0

    3.5

    LPI score (1–5)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 34th of 139 by World Bank Group

    Qatar: 3.5. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.

    World median
    2.9
    Best in Western Asia
    4 United Arab Emirates
    Land neighbours
    Saudi Arabia 3.4

  4. Key 4 of 4

    ICT Goods Exports

    UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO

    No reading

    ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

    Higher is better

    UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Qatar, so the standing rests on the other keys.

    Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.

    World median
    0.975
    Best in Western Asia
    17.66 Israel
    Land neighbours
    Saudi Arabia 2.25

03In context

Qatar beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.

Western Asia
1st177thNot placed · 47 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on mobility & trade

Qatar and the countries it borders

Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingLiner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in portLogistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5)ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Qatar27th91.552.53.5—
Saudi Arabia40th237.463.33.42.25

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Placed either side on mobility & trade

The countries immediately above and below Qatar in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Qatar is ahead of the world, and behind

20 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median2

Statistics on which Qatar does better than the middle country measured.

  • Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4561.3No earlier reading

    Qatar: 1.3 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.

    Position 164th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.49441.72▼ Worsened since 2014

    Qatar: 41.72 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.

    Position 6th of 75 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

Behind the world median1

Statistics on which Qatar does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.20.485▼ Worsened since 2015

    Qatar: 0.485 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.

    Position 123rd of 176 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

No better end17

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.08976.66No real change since 2015

    Qatar: 76.66 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.8100Moved since 2020

    Qatar: 100 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.13313.43Moved since 2013

    Qatar: 13.43 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3232,337,000Moved since 2015

    Qatar: 2,337,000 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23131.07Moved since 2015

    Qatar: 131.07 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.737,473No real change since 2016

    Qatar: 7,473 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.27913.05Moved since 2013

    Qatar: 13.05 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1788.75Moved since 2014

    Qatar: 88.75 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.416Moved since 2015

    Qatar: 0.416 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.60210.88Moved since 2015

    Qatar: 10.88 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.663.69Moved since 2012

    Qatar: 3.69 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.

    Chart and every countryThe 2022 dataset

  • Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7881,421,000Moved since 2014

    Qatar: 1,421,000 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.

    Position 59th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1711.356No real change since 2014

    Qatar: 1.356 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,836153Moved since 2015

    Qatar: 153 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269195Moved since 2015

    Qatar: 195 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45119,821No real change since 2015

    Qatar: 19,821 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.005Moved since 2014

    Qatar: 0.005 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No current reading for Qatar

Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2023), Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2022), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) (last 2022) and Trade (% of GDP) (last 2022). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Mobility & Trade among Qatar’s 16 topics

Mobility & Trade is Qatar’s 4th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Work & Labourjoint 8th of 182
  2. Risk & Resiliencejoint 16th of 193
  3. Digital & Technology27th of 198
  4. Mobility & Trade27th of 177
  5. Poverty & Inequality25th of 159
  6. Health & Wellbeingjoint 34th of 200
  7. Governance & Institutionsjoint 59th of 194
  8. Development & Human Capital82nd of 196
  9. Peace & Security75th of 177
  10. Education & Knowledge84th of 198
  11. Food & Agriculture82nd of 184
  12. Economy & Innovation84th of 176
  13. Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 124th of 198
  14. Energyjoint 110th of 165
  15. Gender & Equality179th of 183
  16. Environment & Sustainability186th of 186

06The top of the list

Who leads on mobility & trade

The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Qatar can most readily be measured against.

All 177 countries
  1. 1

    Singapore

    South-eastern Asia

    1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Macau

    Eastern Asia

    2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys

    Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Hong Kong

    Eastern Asia

    3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys

    Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Asia

    Singapore1st4/4 keys

  2. Highest in Western Asia

    Israel11th3/4 keys

  3. This page

    Qatar27th3/4 keys

Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Analysis

Charts and analysis about Qatar and mobility & trade

All charts

08Questions

Qatar on mobility & trade: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Qatar rank on mobility & trade?

Qatar is placed 27th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Qatar?

91.55 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.

What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Qatar?

2.5 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.

How does Qatar compare with Saudi Arabia on mobility & trade?

Saudi Arabia is placed 40th of 177, and Qatar 27th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Saudi Arabia 237.46, Qatar 91.55; Container Import Dwell Time: Saudi Arabia 3.3, Qatar 2.5; Logistics Performance Index: Saudi Arabia 3.4, Qatar 3.5.

How have Qatar’s mobility & trade figures changed?

Liner Shipping Connectivity Index fell from 39.19 in 2006 to 34.36 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.976 in 2007 to 3.5 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 0.11 in 2000 to 0 in 2023.

Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Qatar?

No current reading is published for Qatar on Cost of Sending Remittances, Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP) and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.

About mobility & trade, in full

How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.

The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 20 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Qatar’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Qatar: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/qatar/mobility

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