Qatar is placed at the Advanced stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: 1st generation; dedicated governance bodies: 4; AI-relevant regulations: 8; data protection law: 2016.
- National AI strategy
- 1st generation
- Dedicated AI governance bodies
- 4
- AI-relevant regulations
- 8
- Data protection law
- 2016
- International frameworks referenced
- 3
- OECD.AI registered initiatives
- 0
- Sovereign language-model programme
- Fanar
- GDP per capita, 2023 (US$)
- 81,817
Index pillars
Indicators
Position among Arab League states with data
Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202558.61
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 530.8244
Human Capital Index, 20240.7114
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index94.50
National Cyber Security Index58.44
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)99.65
AI publications, 2023126
Trends
AI readiness score
Human Capital Index
AI publications per year
Typology coding
- Governance type
- Centralised, prime-ministerial level
- Regulatory approach
- Hybrid (ethics guidance, binding in finance)
- Enforcement model
- Sectoral (QCB binding)
- Sovereignty posture
- Moderate
- International alignment
- Regional (GCC and DCO)
- Cluster label (M3)
- Gulf Sectoral Regulator
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Contact the LabCite this profile
Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Qatar: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/qatar/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA
Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).