15, Dec 2019, EST.

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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: 2015 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2019
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
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) for Qatar in year 2015 is 4.933 %. 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.

This makes Qatar No. 23 in world rankings according to Current Account Balance (% GDP) in year 2015. The world's average Current Account Balance (% GDP) value is -4.12 %; Qatar is 9.05 more than the average.

In the previous year, 2014, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar was 23.64 % Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar in 2015 was or will be 79.13% less than it was or will be in 2014.

In the following or forecasted year, 2016, Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Qatar was or will be -5.04 %, which is 202.09% less than the 2015 figure.