Qatar - External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) in Qatar was 8.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 47.20 in 2012, while its lowest value was 1.01 in 1995.

Definition: External balance on goods and services (formerly resource balance) equals exports of goods and services minus imports of goods and services (previously nonfactor services).

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

See also:

Year Value
1994 11.10
1995 1.01
1996 3.94
1997 12.11
1998 11.13
1999 34.35
2000 44.95
2001 36.82
2002 32.22
2003 33.23
2004 37.96
2005 35.42
2006 27.06
2007 24.44
2008 33.29
2009 22.13
2010 38.57
2011 46.52
2012 47.20
2013 43.05
2014 36.96
2015 20.42
2016 5.88
2017 14.28
2018 20.05
2019 14.33
2020 8.22

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts