Not rated — no significant reservoirs
Qatar is set aside from the ranking rather than graded. Having no significant reservoir storage is a geographic fact, not a transparency failure — so assigning an “F” would be misleading.
H1 2026 Evaluation
Qatar Reservoir Transparency
N/AWhy it's not rated
Flat desert with no rivers and no reservoirs above the qualifying scale.
Where its water comes from
100% seawater desalination (Kahramaa); only strategic distribution tanks exist.
Reference source
State of Qatar Open Data Portal — Kahramaa Water Storage Datasets [no reservoir-specific API: country has no reservoirs >10 hm³]
https://www.data.gov.qa/explore/Evaluator notes
Qatar is a structural zero country for reservoir transparency: the Arabian Peninsula's driest nation has no rivers and no natural surface reservoirs. Potable water comes entirely from seawater desalination managed by Kahramaa (Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation), which in 2024 reached a peak production capacity of 538 million gallons per day. The RTI framework scores all reservoir-specific dimensions as 0 not as a censure of transparency but because the subject matter does not exist. Despite the structural zero, Qatar's open data infrastructure is genuinely impressive by regional standards. The data.gov.qa portal publishes multiple water-sector datasets with machine-readable formats and an OData API, covering annual production volumes, per-capita consumption, and treated-water storage capacity in Kahramaa distribution reservoirs and IWPP reservoirs. The bilingual Arabic–English portal scores 85 on language usability. If the RTI ever extends its scope to include desalination output or treated-water storage, Qatar would score competitively on technical accessibility and methodological transparency.
Evaluated by Jaime Delgado · 2026-09-15 · Methodology v1.3.0