Qatar's trade in services (% of GDP) was 25.84% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.46 percentage points from 28.3% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25.84% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 37.48% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 28.3% | 2015 |
| Highest | 37.48% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 14.46% | 2011 |
| Average since 2016 | 30.87% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 14.46% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Qatar's trade in services (% of GDP) fell 5.26 percentage points on 2024 (from 31.1% to 25.84%).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +1.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.57 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.17 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Qatar had the 60th highest value of the 135 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Qatar | 25.84% | 2025 |
| World | 15.19% | 2025 |
| High income | 18.51% | 2025 |
Closest to Qatar in the 2025 ranking
- Moldova — 57th of 135: 26.49%
- Norway — 58th of 135: 26.2%
- Costa Rica — 59th of 135: 25.95%
- Azerbaijan — 61st of 135: 24.82%
- Gambia, The — 62nd of 135: 24.59%
- Israel — 63rd of 135: 24.1%
What this measures
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 15 values
| Year | Trade in services (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.84 |
| 2024 | 31.1 |
| 2023 | 34.61 |
| 2022 | 30.43 |
| 2021 | 29.31 |
| 2020 | 37.48 |
| 2019 | 30.92 |
| 2018 | 27.7 |
| 2017 | 30.5 |
| 2016 | 30.79 |
| 2015 |
Trade in services (% of GDP) in nearby economies
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Qatar's trade in services (% of GDP)?
- 25.84% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 11.38 percentage points from 14.46% in 2011. The highest value was 37.48% in 2020 and the lowest 14.46% in 2011.
- How does Qatar rank?
- 60th highest of 135 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in trade in services (% of GDP) unusual for Qatar?
- In 2025, Qatar's trade in services (% of GDP) fell 5.26 percentage points on 2024 (from 31.1% to 25.84%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2024), the average change was +1.28 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BG.GSR.NFSV.GD.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators Database, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 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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