Qatar Current Account Balance: % of GDP

Key information about Qatar Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• Qatar Current Account surplus accounted for 9.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2025, compared with a 19.1 % surplus in the previous quarter.
• Qatar Current Account Balance: % of Nominal GDP data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 2011 to Dec 2025, with an average value of 10.3 %.
• The data reached an all-time high of 39.4 % in Sep 2012 and a record low of -7.6 % in Jun 2020.

CEIC calculates Current Account Balance as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Current Account Balance and quarterly Nominal GDP. Qatar Central Bank provides Current Account in local currency. The National Planning Council provides Nominal GDP in local currency based on SNA 2008.


Key information about Qatar Current Account Balance: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Qatar, Current Account recorded a surplus of 5.0 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) fell by 372.8 USD mn in Dec 2025.
• Qatar Direct Investment Abroad fell by 1.4 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment increased by 5.1 USD bn in Dec 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 53.0 USD bn in Jun 2025.

View Qatar's Current Account Balance: % of GDP from Mar 2011 to Dec 2025 in the chart:

What was Qatar's Current Account Balance: % of GDP in Dec 2025?

Qatar Current Account surplus accounted for 9.3 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2025, compared with a 19.1 % surplus in the previous quarter. See the table below for more data.

Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
9.3 Dec 2025	19.1 Sep 2025	-7.6 Jun 2020	39.4 Sep 2012	%	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Dec 2025

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