SELECTED GULF ECONOMIES
Start with the latest reviewed inflation release, then compare annual observations with regional peers.
Open Qatar in the dashboard ↗0.52% Month over month ·
Headline CPI change (2024 base) · National Planning Council, Qatar
The August release uses the new 2024 CPI base. June’s separately verified year-on-year reading uses the previous 2018 base.
2.21% Year over year ·
Headline CPI, y/y, monthly (2018 base) · National Planning Council, Qatar
Latest comparable official year-on-year figure verified in this review. The August 2026 release reports a 2024-base CPI index and a month-on-month change, separately displayed in official data.
Reviewed releases are shown separately from annual history. Inspect official sources for newer observations.
Government public debt ·
Domestic maturity. A breakdown for this scope and date is unavailable in the verified evidence.
The Ministry of Finance annual data cover government loans, bonds, Treasury bills and sukuk raised domestically and abroad.
Evidence Qatar Ministry of Finance · annual Public Debt dataset · Qatar Open Data · debt records
Track hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon activity separately. LNG output and export prices can move real GDP, the external balance and fiscal revenue through different channels. Qatar’s dollar peg also makes US monetary policy an important reference point for domestic rates.
The two annual histories below use World Bank data. Follow the release links for more recent national observations and the scenario tools to test your own assumptions.
GDP growth
2.90%
Latest historical WDI year label: 2025. 26 available annual observations; missing years are not filled.
Real GDP growth measures the annual percentage change in constant-price output. It is a growth rate, not GDP in US dollars, economic size, GDP per person, or an investment return.
Read the series and download data →Inflation
1.27%
Latest historical WDI year label: 2024. 25 available annual observations; missing years are not filled.
CPI inflation is the annual-average percentage change in the consumer price index. It is not the latest monthly year-on-year headline, a policy rate, or the price level itself.
Read the series and download data →Separate mining and quarrying from the rest of the economy when interpreting a headline. For example, Qatar’s National Planning Council reported non-hydrocarbon activity grew 2.6% year on year in Q2 2026 while hydrocarbon activity contracted 50.7%, both at constant prices. Read the Q2 2026 national accounts release.
Track production and export volumes alongside contract or benchmark prices. Higher export receipts can reflect price changes even when real output moves in the opposite direction. Compare the WDI current-account series with Qatar Central Bank external-sector data and official production plans. QatarEnergy’s North Field expansion targets 142 million tonnes of annual LNG production capacity. QatarEnergy expects the first North Field West cargo by the end of 2031, according to its February 2026 project update. Qatar Central Bank · QatarEnergy’s North Field West project update
Qatar’s 2026 state budget planned QAR 199.0 billion in revenue, QAR 220.8 billion in spending and a QAR 21.8 billion deficit. Separately, the Ministry of Finance reported an actual QAR 21.2 billion deficit for Q2 2026. Compare fiscal outturns with the full-year plan using matching periods. Ministry of Finance budget plan · Qatar News Agency report on the Q2 outturn
The official parity is QAR 3.64 per US dollar. For scenario work, distinguish the nominal peg from domestic interest rates, CPI and the real exchange rate. Qatar Central Bank monetary policy tools.
Each comparison shows both full observed histories and an exact common-year headline. Keep Egypt’s fiscal-year reporting differences in view.
The permanent briefing archive brings together original summaries and readable public evidence across the six economies. Each edition retains its real grouping date and each story’s public-source publication date.
Use the interactive briefing’s country filters to focus on Qatar. A day without a new verified story remains a coverage gap; the annual values above are not relabelled as today’s news.
Selected country stories from the latest stored briefing editions. Each link opens the permanent edition at that story.
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Data provider: World Bank, World Development Indicators. National authorities and other original indicator producers retain their attribution and terms. Nile Atlas supplies the presentation and comparison.
Annual percentage growth of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency.
Annual percentage change in the consumer price index. Annual average; not the latest monthly headline release.
These links help locate national releases; they are not the data source for the annual WDI charts above and are not all active API connections.