# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Qatar

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Qatar was 31.6% of GDP in 2022. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `qa`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/qatar
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=qa

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2022 | 31.6 |
| 2021 | 34.1 |
| 2020 | 40.9 |
| 2019 | 37.9 |
| 2018 | 35.9 |
| 2017 | 38.6 |
| 2016 | 41.8 |
| 2015 | 36.6 |
| 2014 | 31 |
| 2013 | 29.7 |
| 2012 | 29.3 |
| 2011 | 26.1 |
| 2010 | 23.8 |
| 2009 | 29 |
| 2008 | 28.1 |
| 2007 | 35.8 |
| 2006 | 35.8 |
| 2005 | 29.7 |
| 2004 | 26.2 |
| 2003 | 28.5 |
| 2002 | 28.1 |
| 2001 | 29.1 |
| 2000 | 22.3 |
| 1999 | 25.7 |
| 1998 | 40 |
| 1997 | 36.2 |
| 1996 | 39.8 |
| 1995 | 43.3 |
| 1994 | 33.8 |
| 1993 | 34.7 |
| 1992 | 35.5 |
| 1991 | 33.5 |
| 1990 | 32.1 |
| 1989 | 28.6 |
| 1988 | 28.1 |
| 1987 | 32.1 |
| 1986 | 33.5 |
| 1985 | 29.5 |
| 1984 | 30.1 |
| 1983 | 35.1 |
| 1982 | 35.4 |
| 1981 | 28.7 |
| 1980 | 26.1 |