(2006 est.)

Labor force:
508,000 (2006 est.)

Unemployment rate:
3.2% (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.2% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
33.2% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $22.51 billion
expenditures: $16.89 billion; including capital expenditures of $2.2
billion (2006 est.)

Public debt:
23.6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products, beef; fish

Industries:
crude oil production and refining, ammonia, fertilizers,
petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement, commercial ship
repair

Industrial production growth rate:
10% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
12.4 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
11.53 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
790,500 bbl/day (2005 est.)

Oil - consumption:
80,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day

Oil - proved reserves:
15.2 billion bbl (2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
39.17 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
15.11 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
24.06 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
25.77 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)

Current account balance:
$12.51 billion (2006 est.)

Exports:
$33.25 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel

Exports - partners:
Japan 36.9%, South Korea 19.4%, Singapore 8.2% (2005)

Imports:
$12.36 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals

Imports - partners:
France 11.4%, Japan 10.4%, US 10.3%, Germany 8.3%, Saudi Arabia
7.2%, UK 6.9%, Italy 6.4%, South Korea 5.5%, UAE 4.8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$5.755 billion (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$25.7 billion (2006 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA

Currency (code):
Qatari rial (QAR)

Currency code:
QAR

Exchange rates:
Qatari rials per US dollar