Japan vs Qatar: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Japan
6,987 SDR per person
in 2025
Qatar
9,348 SDR per person
in 2025
Japan rank
16th
Qatar rank
13th
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time
- Japan
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 9,348 SDR per person against 6,987 SDR per person in Japan, a difference of 2,361 SDR per person.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Qatar ahead.
Japan ranks 16th and Qatar ranks 13th of 179 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.34 SDR per person | 86.36 SDR per person | 67.02 SDR per person | Qatar |
| 1970s | 108.75 SDR per person | 343.33 SDR per person | 234.58 SDR per person | Qatar |
| 1980s | 271.37 SDR per person | 942.43 SDR per person | 671.06 SDR per person | Qatar |
| 1990s | 828.61 SDR per person | 983.2 SDR per person | 154.59 SDR per person | Qatar |
| 2000s | 3,856 SDR per person | 3,304 SDR per person | 551.76 SDR per person | Japan |
| 2010s | 6,435 SDR per person | 9,975 SDR per person | 3,539 SDR per person | Qatar |
| 2020s | 6,986 SDR per person | 10,714 SDR per person | 3,727 SDR per person | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita, Japan or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 9,348 SDR per person against 6,987 SDR per person in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Japan and Qatar?
- 2,361 SDR per person, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Qatar?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Qatar rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
- Japan ranks 16th and Qatar ranks 13th of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.