Qatar

  • Key Indicators

    Summary StatisticsRegion: East Coast of the Qatar Peninsula in the Persian Gulf.
    Surface area (sq. km): 11,571
    Population 2023: 2,716,391
    Capital city: Doha
    Currency: Qatari Riyal (QR)
     

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) 1.6 3.4 2.4
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 179.68 221.37 234.03
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 68,621.64 82,886.79 89,416.44
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) 2.30 4.50 3.30
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 34,340    
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 18,346    
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 27,985    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 87,203    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 283,476    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 72,592,164    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) 26.425 46.87 51.757
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) 14.7 21.2 22.1
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) 4.4 12.5 16
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 58.4 46.9 43.4
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 2,688,235 2,695,122 2,716,391
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 0.17