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Qatar — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Qatar, 1971–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.90%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -71.0% since 1971
GDP growth for Qatar was 2.90% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 30.01% in 1997. The lowest was -7.31% in 1977 (about -2.5× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.27% per year.
Qatar ranks 120 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Qatar sits below it. It peaked in 1997 and has fallen 90% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 39%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.90%
First (1971)
10.01%
Change
-71.0%
Highest
30.01%
in 1997
Lowest
-7.31%
in 1977
Average
5.81%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.27%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | 3.11% |
| 2023 | 1.19% |
| 2022 | 4.19% |
| 2021 | 1.63% |
| 2020 | -3.56% |
| 2019 | 0.69% |
| 2018 | 1.23% |
| 2017 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 4.75% |
| 2014 | 4.12% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.