Qatar — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Qatar, 1970–2025.
GDP per capita for Qatar was 72,525 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1970 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 108,470 in 2012. The lowest was 2,594 in 1970 (about 28.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 6.24% per year.
Qatar ranks 18 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Qatar sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 33% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 5%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 1 of 23 economies; Israel (60,337) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 176% in 1974. That is 3% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 1980. Doubling roughly every 11 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 22nd of 146 in 1970 → 4th of 163 in 1980 → 27th of 192 in 1990 → 16th of 204 in 2000 → 7th of 212 in 2010 → 20th of 210 in 2020 → 11th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72,524.91 | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 75,685.09 | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 80,195.87 | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 88,701.46 | +23.6% |
| 2021 | 71,751.88 | +38.8% |
| 2020 | 51,683.51 | -22.7% |
| 2019 | 66,841.3 | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 71,039.85 | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 63,279.86 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 61,253.64 | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 68,985.29 | -28.0% |
| 2014 | 95,840.63 | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 103,697.01 | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 108,470.38 | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 103,261.51 | +33.4% |
| 2010 | 77,387.29 | +27.3% |
| 2009 | 60,785.74 | -24.8% |
| 2008 | 80,781.21 | +22.5% |
| 2007 | 65,954.11 | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 62,582.45 | +16.0% |
| 2005 | 53,949.68 | +31.5% |
| 2004 | 41,035.5 | +29.8% |
| 2003 | 31,602.47 | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 27,226.66 | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 25,870.8 | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 27,535.18 | +36.1% |
| 1999 | 20,233.68 | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 17,665.44 | -13.9% |
| 1997 | 20,522.8 | +19.8% |
| 1996 | 17,124.79 | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 15,822.51 | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 14,764.88 | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 14,769.72 | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 16,280.29 | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 15,133.5 | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 16,721.62 | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 15,242.51 | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 14,682.02 | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 13,718.79 | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 13,213.21 | -21.4% |
| 1985 | 16,815.04 | -14.9% |
| 1984 | 19,749.25 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 19,668.53 | -19.5% |
| 1982 | 24,431.33 | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 29,543.31 | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 28,407.2 | +30.4% |
| 1979 | 21,776.64 | +30.0% |
| 1978 | 16,757.1 | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 16,057.73 | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 15,710.32 | +20.7% |
| 1975 | 13,013.68 | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 13,539.56 | +176.0% |
| 1973 | 4,905.34 | +40.8% |
| 1972 | 3,482.88 | +18.0% |
| 1971 | 2,951.77 | +13.8% |
| 1970 | 2,593.82 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Qatar’s GDP per capita in 1971?
2,951.77 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Qatar’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +2696.1% in total — about 6.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.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: 72,524.91; 2024: 75,685.09; 2023: 80,195.87; 2022: 88,701.46; 2021: 71,751.88. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.