Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 26

6-Jul-2009

QATAR

Qatars GDP Falls By 17.5% In 1Q09

Qatars GDP at market prices fell in the first quarter of 2009 by 17.5% to QR70.9bn ($19.5bn) from QR85.9bn ($23.6bn) in the corresponding period of 2008, according to provisional estimates issued by the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA). The latter has also revised the four quarterly estimates of GDP for 2008 in the light of more up to date information and noted that GDP growth for the whole of 2008 had...