FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Qatar

According to FAOSTAT, Qatar produced 1,769 t of cereals, 96,430 t of vegetables, 40,104 t of fruit, 33,814 t of meat and 44,925 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were dates (35,318 t), tomatoes (27,322 t) and cucumbers (14,410 t).

Market prices in Qatar

Products recorded: 55
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 1; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in green chillies and peppers (+500%), followed by melons (+156%).

Livestock numbers: 45,424 cattle, 804,695 sheep and 371,701 goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All vegetables	96,430	136	0.01%	+99%
All milk	44,925	138	0%	+58%
All fruit	40,104	151	0%	+38%
All meat	33,814	152	0.01%	+47%
All eggs	14,097	107	0.01%	+225%
All pulses	2,476	147	0%	—
All cereals	1,769	163	0%	−28%
All roots and tubers	965	183	0%	+3,228%
All citrus fruit	442	128	0%	+121%
All tree nuts	181	108	0%	—

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Dates	35,318	18	0.36%	+29%
Tomatoes	27,322	108	0.01%	+114%
Chicken meat	25,000	119	0.02%	+212%
Camel milk	17,190	13	0.41%	+317%
Cucumbers	14,410	84	0.02%	+45%
Pumpkins and squash	14,172	81	0.04%	+65%
Hen eggs	14,097	107	0.02%	+225%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	13,815	124	0%	+346%
Sheep milk	10,981	53	0.11%	+21%
Eggplants	9,770	57	0.02%	+143%
Goat milk	9,253	79	0.05%	+20%
Cow milk	7,500	156	0%	0.0%
Sheep meat	5,803	83	0.05%	−53%
Chillies and peppers, green	5,692	95	0.01%	+500%
Cabbages	3,367	117	0%	+51%
Melons	2,603	75	0.01%	+156%
Onions, dry	2,418	126	0%	−12%
Beans, dry	2,180	90	0.01%	—
Cauliflower and broccoli	1,795	70	0.01%	+15%
Maize	1,605	145	0%	−7.2%
Okra	1,186	43	0.01%	+356%
Goat meat	1,111	100	0.01%	−33%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	1,095	69	0.06%	−53%
Green maize	1,075	32	0.01%	+8.4%
Watermelons	1,058	109	0%	+390%
Potatoes	965	147	0%	+3,228%
Camel meat	948	28	0.14%	+107%
Beef (cattle meat)	914	166	0%	+38%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	777	76	0.04%	−53%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	586	126	0%	+313%
Lettuce and chicory	466	86	0%	−18%
Other citrus fruit, n.e.c.	442	53	0%	+121%
Spring onions and shallots	344	42	0.01%	—
Cow peas, dry	297	35	0%	—
Carrots and turnips	236	121	0%	+138%
Other beans, green	220	98	0%	+14%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	218	91	0.01%	−33%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	198	94	0.01%	−33%
Sheep fat, unrendered	197	78	0.03%	−53%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	183	136	0%	+38%
Almonds, in shell	181	42	0%	—
Barley	143	99	0%	−80%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	137	141	0%	+38%
Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen	136	28	0.14%	+106%
Chicory roots	87	10	0.36%	−7.4%
Figs	87	45	0.01%	+263%
Spinach	79	64	0%	−78%
Broad beans and horse beans, green	62	54	0%	—
Fat of camels	55	29	0.19%	+104%
Cattle fat, unrendered	38	134	0%	+36%
Duck meat	37	61	0%	—
Goat fat, unrendered	32	95	0.01%	−32%
Wheat	21	122	0%	+320%
Mangoes and guavas	9	101	0%	—
Grapes	2	92	0%	−94%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	34,191,000	76	0.12%	+321%
Sheep	804,695	84	0.06%	+48%
Goats	371,701	96	0.03%	+39%
Camels	109,086	27	0.25%	+624%
Cattle	45,424	159	0%	+104%
Horses	15,744	85	0.03%	+685%
Bees	6,754	86	0.01%	—

Qatar among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Qatar, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Qatar had 3.0 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Dates	11.6	1.22	9.5×
Tomatoes	8.96	23.1	0.4×
Chicken meat	8.20	15.7	0.5×
Camel milk	5.64	0.51	11.0×
Cucumbers	4.73	10.8	0.4×
Pumpkins and squash	4.65	4.24	1.1×
Hen eggs	4.62	11.5	0.4×
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	4.53	34.5	0.1×
Sheep milk	3.60	1.20	3.0×
Eggplants	3.20	7.05	0.5×
Goat milk	3.04	2.50	1.2×
Cow milk	2.46	97.7	0.0×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Qatar reported exports of 15 and imports of 171 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Butter of cow milk	121	USD 635,000	5.25	72 of 113
Dates	141	USD 431,000	3.06	54 of 98
Oil of maize	332	USD 418,000	1.26	42 of 73
Hen eggs in shell, fresh	397	USD 339,000	0.85	81 of 107
Bananas	348	USD 232,000	0.67	72 of 107
Beer of barley, malted	115	USD 204,000	1.77	123 of 149
Mushrooms and truffles	48	USD 161,000	3.35	65 of 93
Olive oil	23	USD 93,000	4.04	71 of 102
Tomatoes	484	USD 92,000	0.19	74 of 122
Cheese from whole cow milk	10	USD 66,000	6.60	105 of 123

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	147,732	USD 301 m	2.03	27 of 189
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled	24,528	USD 152 m	6.19	15 of 178
Whole milk, evaporated	32,129	USD 76.2 m	2.37	16 of 160
Whole milk powder	20,767	USD 73.1 m	3.52	28 of 190
Butter of cow milk	6,665	USD 46.2 m	6.93	39 of 189
Cheese from whole cow milk	6,859	USD 45.7 m	6.66	76 of 192
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled	7,992	USD 40.4 m	5.05	32 of 169
Plantains and cooking bananas	41,749	USD 36.4 m	0.87	10 of 118
Meat of buffalo, fresh or chilled	9,920	USD 35.4 m	3.56	8 of 33
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated)	57,450	USD 34.6 m	0.60	37 of 165

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Qatar?

By volume, the largest products of Qatar in 2024 were dates (35,318 t), tomatoes (27,322 t), chicken meat (25,000 t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Qatar the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 10th, for chicory roots.

How much dates does Qatar produce per person?

About 11.6 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 1.22 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Qatar export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were butter of cow milk (USD 635,000), dates (USD 431,000), oil of maize (USD 418,000), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Qatar import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (USD 301 m), meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (USD 152 m), whole milk, evaporated (USD 76.2 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.