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Qatar Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics

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Country or Region: Qatar › Change country
Economic Indicator: Current Account Balance (% GDP) › See all Qatar indicators, › See Current Account Balance (% GDP) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Qatari Riyal
Currency Symbol: QAR

Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income. See notes for: Gross domestic product, current prices (National currency) Current account balance (U.S. dollars).

Current Account Balance (% GDP) Statistics for Qatar , Year 2010 - In Detail

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar in year 2010 is 18.736 %

This makes Qatar No. 6 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2010. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -2.68 %; Qatar is 21.42 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar was 10.19 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar in 2010 was or will be 83.92% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar was or will be 36.13 %, which is 92.81% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar, in other Years
Year %
  2016 26.221
  2015 26.749
  2014 28.191
  2013 29.226
  2012 33.973
  2011 36.125
2010 18.736
  2009 10.187
  2008 29.15
  2007 24.998
  2006 25.282
  2005 30.903
  2004 22.412
  2003 25.264
  2002 21.941
  2001 27.323
  2000 23.242
  1999 12.477
  1998 -18.708
  1997 -17.995
  1996 -26.767
  1995 -31.031
  1994 -17.538
  1993 -15.924
  1992 -14.053
  1991 -12.289
  1990 -8.927
  1989 44.675
  1988 32.817
  1987 39.261
  1986 33.498
  1985 62.311
  1984 84.137
  1983 57.266
  1982 74.118
  1981 94.942
  1980 106.836