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Qatar | Country Report
Qatar shows no signs of slowing its internal and external investment. The IMF says Qatar’s real GDP growth should average 6% to 7% in the medium term, supported by public investments, and will likely remain the fastest-growing in the region
USD 30.4 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 192.5 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 354.8 billion (2018, estimate)
| 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
USD 70,779.5 (2018, estimate)
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
| 0.14% | 0.09% | 0.11% | 0.25% | 0.26% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 1.8% | 2.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | -0.4% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 35.5% | 46.7% | 49.8% | 48.6% | 53.2% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 4.5% | -5.4% | -2.9% | 5.3% | 7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: AA-
Moody's: Aa3
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 154.8 billion | USD 130.6 billion | USD 163.0 billion |
8.7 % (2018 estimate)
51% (2017)
0.44% (2018)
0.31% (2018)
Liquefied natural gas (lng), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel
Machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals
Japan 17.3%, South Korea 16%, India 12.6%, China 11.2%, Singapore 8.2%, UAE 6.4%(2017)
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)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 774 million | USD 986 million | USD -2,186 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 7,902 million | USD 1,695 million | USD 3,523 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 8,838.2 million | USD 6,623.9 million | USD 1,580.0 million | USD 6.3 million |
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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
29 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 28 / Score: 72.6 (Mostly free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
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.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
| 0.48 million | 0.59 million | 1.72 million | 2.44 million | 2.76 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 85.3% | 89.4% | 96.3% | 99.1% |
Total population: 97.3%
Male: 97.4%
Female: 96.8%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
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)
Fixed: 16.3% Mobile: 141.9% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)