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This paper analyzes the relationship between virtual water and domestic food-water security in Qatar. The total virtual water traded between 1998 and 2015 was 24,470 Mm(3), average of 1,360 Mm(3)y(-1). Green water and blue water account 69 and 31% of total virtual water import. On average, 70% of the total water requirement is from virtual water import and Qatar’s dependence on virtual water for agricultural products increased to 90% in 2015. The paper examines the virtual water flow from the major river basins in India, Pakistan, Australia and groundwater aquifers in Saudi Arabia and policy implications of virtual water on food security of Qatar.