Qatar — GDP per capita (PPP)
GDP per Capita (PPP) for Qatar, 1990–2025.
GDP per capita (PPP) for Qatar was 128,883 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 180,939 in 2012. The lowest was 56,276 in 1991 (about 2.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.35% per year.
Qatar ranks 5 of 201 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 18,586, so Qatar sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 29% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 26%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 1 of 22 economies; United Arab Emirates (79,344) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 42% in 2021. That is 17% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1990 level: doubled by 2005. Doubling roughly every 30 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 3rd of 186 in 1990 → 2nd of 194 in 2000 → 1st of 200 in 2010 → 5th of 198 in 2020 → 5th of 185 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1990 to 2025
| Year | current international $ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128,882.93 | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 126,712.58 | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 129,024.81 | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 122,901.02 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 116,832.57 | +42.2% |
| 2020 | 82,149.36 | -23.6% |
| 2019 | 107,502.47 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 110,032.71 | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 99,358.34 | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 89,934.69 | -12.3% |
| 2015 | 102,545.94 | -30.9% |
| 2014 | 148,389.11 | -12.3% |
| 2013 | 169,203.26 | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 180,939.43 | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 174,619.92 | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 152,120.89 | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 129,386.67 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 129,506.17 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 127,493.11 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 130,705.22 | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 118,444.15 | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 114,032.65 | +17.9% |
| 2003 | 96,728.93 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 95,758.97 | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 92,293.61 | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 91,310.91 | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 87,037.06 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 86,827.56 | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 81,414.38 | +27.1% |
| 1996 | 64,058.72 | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 61,992.76 | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 61,061.91 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 60,763.47 | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 62,060.5 | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 56,276.22 | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 57,201.33 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Qatar’s GDP per capita (PPP) in 1991?
56,276.22 (1991). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Qatar’s GDP per capita (PPP) figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current international $ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Qatar’s GDP per capita (PPP) growing or shrinking?
Between 1990 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +125.3% in total — about 2.3% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 128,882.93; 2024: 126,712.58; 2023: 129,024.81; 2022: 122,901.02; 2021: 116,832.57. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD — GDP per Capita (PPP). 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.