Exports as a share of GDP fell 6.17% to 0.491% in Qatar in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, exports as a share of GDP in Qatar reached an all time high of 0.765% in 2012 and an all time low of 0.437% in 1996. When compared to Qatar's main peers, exports as a share of GDP in Bahrain amounted to 0.727%, 0.194% in Iran, 0.262% in Saudi Arabia and 0.959% in United Arab Emirates in 2020.
Qatar has been ranked 40th within the group of 163 countries we follow in terms of exports as a share of GDP, 9 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Exports (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | % | 0.831% | 0.742% | 0.758% | 0.793% | 0.765% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 0.187% | 0.212% | 0.227% | 0.302% | 0.235% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 0.345% | 0.281% | 0.339% | 0.408% | 0.381% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 0.366% | 0.341% | 0.344% | 0.348% | 0.359% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.538% | 0.476% | 0.512% | 0.575% | 0.533% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 0.497% | 0.413% | 0.457% | 0.506% | 0.495% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 0.106% | 0.087% | 0.082% | 0.086% | 0.094% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.571% | 0.477% | 0.529% | 0.559% | 0.523% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 0.333% | 0.311% | 0.349% | 0.386% | 0.356% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 0.357% | 0.222% | 0.225% | 0.227% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 0.976% | 0.977% | 0.983% | 0.920% | 0.967% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 0.183% | 0.060% | 0.087% | 0.061% | 0.071% | ... |
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