Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of October 1, 2026
Who holds the health record in Qatar?
In 2026, Qatar scores 50 out of 100 for how much say a person has over their own health record. It is tied for 51st of 198 countries and territories, and could rank anywhere from 40th to 72nd allowing for scoring error, in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: doctors, hospitals and insurers. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of October 1, 2026.
Doctors, hospitals and insurers decide. Its strongest right, compared with the typical country, is doctors see it when treating you (54 out of 100, against 33 to 34 for the typical country). No right falls below the typical country; the closest to it is control over who sees it (30 out of 100, against 30 for the typical country).
Qatar's privacy law gives a right to a copy and the public portal shows key results, but patients get few sharing controls.
Published · updated · this country's data as of October 1, 2026 · research tool, not legal advice
overall score · Mixed band, 45 to 64
50/100
rank among 198 countries and territories; likely 40th to 72nd, allowing for scoring error
Low confidence. Thin evidence on 4 of the 8 rights: your copy, joined-up record, doctors see it and research. The evidence grade rates all our sources together; confidence looks at each right. Neither changes the score.
Questions people ask
Can I see my health record in Qatar?
In 2026, getting your full record scores 60 out of 100 in Qatar; the typical country scores 40 to 45. The 2016 privacy law gives a right to a copy of personal data for a fee capped at service cost, and the free public MyHealth portal shows reports, labs, medicines and vaccines from HMC and PHCC. How many residents use it was not verified. Source: Al Meezan, December 29, 2016, and the other sources below.
Who controls health records in Qatar?
In 2026, doctors, hospitals and insurers hold the keys to your health record in Qatar. Control over who sees it scores 30 out of 100 in Qatar; the typical country scores 30. Decision 9 of 2022 bars anyone outside care from seeing the file without the patient's consent, except on a court or prosecution order. No sharing opt-out and no patient-visible access log were verified. Source: Al Meezan, December 29, 2016, and the other sources below.
How does Qatar compare?
In 2026, Qatar scores 50 out of 100, against 39 for the typical country. This brief compares it with Bahrain (47 out of 100), Saudi Arabia (53 out of 100) and Oman (46 out of 100). Source: the ranking of all 198 countries and territories.
Eight rights, compared with Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the typical country
Scores out of 100, by right
Getting your full record20%
60
50 · 64 · 45
Control over who sees it20%
30
30 · 32 · 30
Privacy and security15%
54
56 · 50 · 50
One record across your care15%
57
50 · 70 · 58
Protection from sale and ads10%
52
50 · 54 · 50
Doctors see it when treating you10%
54
52 · 54 · 56
Your say over research use5%
50
50 · 46 · 46
Rules for AI in your care5%
40
50 · 58 · 42
Black dot: Qatar. Hollow dots: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman (scores out of 100 on the right, same order). Gray line: the typical country of all 198. Overall: Qatar 50 out of 100. Scores move in steps of about 5 points, so read a rank with its likely range.
What would Qatar need to change to score higher?
Qatar sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. Every right is at or above the typical country. The two with the most room to grow, weighted by how much each counts, are control over who sees it (30 out of 100, against 30 for the typical country) and getting your full record (60 out of 100, against 40 to 45 for the typical country). Our scoring rules give more points for:
Control over who sees it: A way to say no to sharing (or to be asked first), a log you can read of who opened your record, and finer choices about who sees what. Together these put this right at 60 to 80 out of 100.
Getting your full record: A national portal that shows most people at least part of their record (a summary, prescriptions, lab results) puts this right at 60 to 75 out of 100. A near-full record that you can download, with a long history and used by most people, puts it at 76 to 90.
Which laws give health record rights in Qatar?
Law No. 13 of 2016 on Personal Data Privacy Protection: Access and copy rights, health as special data needing a permit, breach notice, fines up to QAR 5 million.
Minister of Public Health Decision No. 9 of 2022 on patients' rights: Consent to view the medical file, choice of provider, right to a medical report on request.
Law No. 6 of 2025 regulating health research: Licensed research bodies, informed consent and withdrawal, data protection duties, ban on selling samples or genetic data.
Doctors, waits and private care context, not part of the score
Doctors per 10,000
31.4 2024
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
86.1 2024
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
15.8% 2023
Record reaches private care?
unknown
Real cases
August 6, 2026 · Al-Sharq Patients in Qatar pay and wait again for the same medical report
In 2026, Qatar scored 50 out of 100 for how much say a person has over their own health record, tied for 51st of 198 countries and territories (could be 40th to 72nd), in the Mixed band. Who holds the keys: doctors, hospitals and insurers. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of October 1, 2026, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/qatar/
The 18 sources for Qatar
Each source appears once, under the first right it supports. Titles are shown as our research agents recorded them, usually in the page's own language; text in square brackets is our machine translation. Links were checked on the date shown.
Getting your full record (4 sources)
“Law No. 13 of 2016 on Personal Data Privacy Protection, Arts. 1-13”
Al Meezan (law or regulation) · Title in English
Dated December 29, 2016 · Link checked October 3, 2026 (opened)
Used for: Getting your full record; Control over who sees it; Privacy and security
SuperTruth Inc. · 24 S. 24th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA · +1 215 918 4140 · supertruth.ai Something wrong? Tell us · Questions or a briefing: supertruth.ai/on-the-record#contact · Full index: healthrecordrights.com
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (38 mostly high-income countries). DTI™: the Data Trust Index, which grades the evidence behind each score. SuperTruth makes it and publishes this index. Everything here comes from public information: laws, government and regulator pages, court decisions, published news, WHO, OECD and World Bank data. Full sources: https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/qatar/#sources. SuperTruth built this index and sells health data verification products; no one paid to be included. Research tool, not legal advice. Our scores and our own words are CC BY 4.0; quoted law and source titles stay with their owners.
