Source
Central bank

Qatar Central Bank

International Reserves

USD 30.4 billion (2018)

International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 192.5 billion (2018, estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

Intl$ 354.8 billion (2018, estimate)

Real GDP growth
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
18% 17.7% 12% 18.1% 13.4% 4.7% 4.4%
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*    
4% 3.7% 2.1% 1.6% 2.2%    

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 70,779.5 (2018, estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

Intl$ 130,475.1 (2018, estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total
1980 1990 2000 2010 2019*
0.14% 0.09% 0.11% 0.25% 0.26%

*Estimate

 
 
Source
GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 0.2% 
  • industry: 61.1% 
  • services: 42.6%

(2016 estimate)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

 

Inflation
2015 2016 2017 2018* 2019*
1.8% 2.7% 0.4% 0.2% -0.4%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2015 2016 2017 2018* 2019*
35.5% 46.7% 49.8% 48.6% 53.2%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2015 2016 2017 2018* 2019*
4.5% -5.4% -2.9% 5.3% 7%

*Estimate  

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: AA-

Moody's: Aa3

Standard & Poor's / Moody's 

Market value of publicly traded shares
2016 2017 2018
USD 154.8 billion USD 130.6 billion USD 163.0 billion
Largest companies

World Bank / Market capitalization

 
 
Source
Current account balance

USD 16.7 billion (2018 estimate)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

8.7 % (2018 estimate)

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

51% (2017)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.44% (2018)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.31% (2018)

Total exports

USD 102.6 billion (2018)

Export commodities

Liquefied natural gas (lng), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel

Total imports

USD 65.8 billion (2018 estimate)

 
 
Source
Import commodities

Machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals

Exports - major partners

Japan 17.3%, South Korea 16%, India 12.6%, China 11.2%, Singapore 8.2%, UAE 6.4%(2017)

Imports - major partners

China 10.9%, US 8.9%, UAE 8.5%, Germany 8.1%, UK 5.5%, India 5.4%, Japan 5.3%, Italy 4.3% (2017)

FDI inflows
2016 2017 2018
USD 774 million USD 986 million USD -2,186 million
FDI outflows
2016 2017 2018
USD 7,902 million USD 1,695 million USD 3,523 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2015 2016 2017 2018
USD 8,838.2 million USD 6,623.9 million USD 1,580.0 million USD 6.3 million
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

77 out of 190 countries

​Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 108 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 13 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 49 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 1 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 119 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 157 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 3 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 101 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 115 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 123 out of 190 countries

Global competitiveness ranking

29 out of 141 countries

(2019)

Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 28 / Score: 72.6 (Mostly free)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC+3

Total area

11,586 sq km

Capital

Doha

Currency

Qatari rials (QAR)

Government type

Absolute monarchy

Languages

Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language

Religions

Muslim 67.7%, Christian 13.8%, Hindu 13.8%, Buddhist 3.1%, folk religion <.1%, Jewish <.1%, other 0.7%, unaffiliated 0.9% (2010 est.)

Total population
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020*
0.48 million 0.59 million 1.72 million 2.44 million 2.76 million

*Estimate 

 
 
Source
Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2018
85.3% 89.4% 96.3% 99.1%
Population median age

33.4 years

Population growth rate

1.95% (2018 estimate)

Life expectancy

79 years (2018 estimate)

Literacy

Total population: 97.3% 
Male: 97.4% 
Female: 96.8%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

N/A

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

N/A

Freedom House rating

Not Free
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)

                

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed: 16.3% Mobile: 141.9% (2018)

(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

99.65 % (2018)

Mercer Cost of living index

Doha: 115th (2019)

CO2 emissions

43.86 metric tons per capita (2014)

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