Qatar: Exports of goods and services (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Qatar's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 0.65 percentage points on 2019 (from -2.2% to -1.55%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2019), the average change was −1.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 21.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 68.69 percentage points in 1988 and the biggest yearly fall was 37.1 percentage points in 1987. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.9 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 54% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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What this measures

Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 38 values

Exports of goods and services (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 2.51% (2025)
• Bahrain — 1.9% (2024)
• Djibouti — -1.5% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 23.67% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — -0.63% (2025)
• Iraq — 6.73% (2024)
• Israel — 5.71% (2025)
• Kuwait — -3.2% (2024)
• Lebanon — -9.7% (2024)
• Libya — 19.14% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Qatar

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$55.85 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$39.67 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$3.03 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 1.41% (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$215.56 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 784.64 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$183.49 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 736.64 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$72,525 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 263,991 (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Qatar's exports of goods and services (annual % growth)?

-1.55% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is up 12.62 percentage points from -14.16% in 1981. The highest value was 40.94% in 1988 and the lowest -27.75% in 1987.

Is the latest change in exports of goods and services (annual % growth) unusual for Qatar?

In 2020, Qatar's exports of goods and services (annual % growth) rose 0.65 percentage points on 2019 (from -2.2% to -1.55%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2019), the average change was −1.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 21.69 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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