Norway vs Qatar: Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita

Norway
9,970 SDR per person
in 2025
Qatar
9,348 SDR per person
in 2025
Norway rank
12th
Qatar rank
13th

Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita over time

  • Norway
  • Qatar
05.0k10.0k15.0k196019922025

How they compare

Norway currently reports 9,970 SDR per person against 9,348 SDR per person in Qatar, a difference of 622 SDR per person.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 12th and Qatar ranks 13th of 179 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 5 and Qatar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Norway Qatar Difference Ahead
1960s 149.85 SDR per person 86.36 SDR per person 63.49 SDR per person Norway
1970s 363.17 SDR per person 343.33 SDR per person 19.84 SDR per person Norway
1980s 1,897 SDR per person 942.43 SDR per person 954.39 SDR per person Norway
1990s 2,969 SDR per person 983.2 SDR per person 1,986 SDR per person Norway
2000s 6,079 SDR per person 3,304 SDR per person 2,775 SDR per person Norway
2010s 7,503 SDR per person 9,975 SDR per person 2,472 SDR per person Qatar
2020s 9,597 SDR per person 10,714 SDR per person 1,117 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, Norway or Qatar?
Norway, at 9,970 SDR per person against 9,348 SDR per person in Qatar as of 2025.
What is the difference in reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita between Norway and Qatar?
622 SDR per person, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Qatar?
60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
How do Norway and Qatar rank globally for reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (sdr), per capita?
Norway ranks 12th 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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Indicator
Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange (SDR), per capita
Unit
SDR per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
180 places, 9,460 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.