Qatar
GDP growth in Qatar
GDP growth in Qatar: -1% a year in 1980 and 1.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 1.8% a year
- Since 1980
- +2.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 107 of 143
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3.3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3.3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 28.1% a year in 2006, the lowest -14.6% a year in 1990.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.8 |
| 2024 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 1.5 |
| 2022 | 4.2 |
| 2021 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | -2.7 |
| 2019 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | -1.5 |
| 2016 | 3.1 |
| 2015 | 4.8 |
| 2014 | 5.3 |
| 2013 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 11.3 |
| 2010 | 17.8 |
| 2009 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 17.5 |
| 2007 | 18.2 |
| 2006 | 28.1 |
| 2005 | 7.8 |
| 2004 | 19.2 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6.9 |
| 2001 | 4.5 |
| 2000 | 6.9 |
| 1999 | 3.8 |
| 1998 | 10.3 |
| 1997 | 27.8 |
| 1996 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | 0.4 |
| 1994 | 1.9 |
| 1993 | -0.9 |
| 1992 | 10.4 |
| 1991 | -1.5 |
| 1990 | -14.6 |
| 1989 | 5.3 |
| 1988 | 4.7 |
| 1987 | 0.9 |
| 1986 | 3.7 |
| 1985 | -13 |
| 1984 | 16 |
| 1983 | -5.3 |
| 1982 | -8.2 |
| 1981 | -3.9 |
| 1980 | -1 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -15.6 |
| 2027 | 18.8 |
| 2028 | 11.2 |
| 2029 | 5.5 |
| 2030 | 5.2 |
| 2031 | 3.3 |
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending6.5% of GDP in 2022
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2022
- Military spending per person$5,428 in 2022
- Military share of state spending26.9% of government spending in 2022
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.05 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2025