⚡ Operating Systems in Qatar

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Qatar is a Western Asian country with a population of over 3 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 13.7% of websites from Qatar.

Statistics based on 950 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Qatar in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Windows with an impressive share of 51.5%, followed by Linux with 46.2% and Ubuntu with 20%.

Windows 51.5%
Linux 46.2%
Ubuntu 20%
Debian 3.8%
Unix 2.3%
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 0.8%
Oracle Linux 0.8%
CentOS 0.8%
AlmaLinux 0.8%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Qatar than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Windows ^(-1)
6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux ^(-2)
7. Oracle Linux ^(-6)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 9 operating systems used on sites from Qatar, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	51.5%
2	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	46.2%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments. FreeOpen source$500+/year	20%
4	Debian New York, United States A free and open-source Linux distribution that provides a stable operating system with a strong focus on reliability, security, and universal compatibility across multiple hardware architectures. FreeOpen source	3.8%
5	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user operating systems originally developed at Bell Labs that became one of the foundations of modern server, networking, and enterprise computing. FreeOpen source	2.3%
6	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A commercial enterprise Linux distribution designed for hybrid cloud deployments across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. $383.90+	0.8%
7	Oracle Linux Austin, Texas, United States A Linux distribution based on RHEL source code, freely distributed by Oracle.	0.8%
8	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	0.8%
9	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability and binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. FreeOpen source	0.8%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 950 websites from Qatar.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 9 were detected on websites from Qatar.
Statistics were last calculated on November 3, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.