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Qatar – PPP Conversion Factor

Name: Qatar PPP Conversion Factor
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Purchasing power parity conversion factor for GDP. Number of units of local currency required to buy the same amount of goods and services domestically as one US dollar would buy in the United States. · World Bank

2.21 −0.09 from 2023 G20 rank: 76th · all-time high: 2.63 (2022)

APA

Qatar PPP Conversion Factor. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/qatar/ppp-conversion-factor

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_qatar_ppp-conversion-factor,
  title = {Qatar PPP Conversion Factor},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/qatar/ppp-conversion-factor},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	2.29	–	–
2026* trend	2.30	–	–
2025* trend	2.31	–	–
2024	2.21	−0.09	76th
2023	2.30	−0.32	84th
2022	2.63	+0.39	89th
2021	2.24	−0.05	83rd
2020	2.29	+0.03	87th
2019	2.26	−0.09	88th
2018	2.35	+0.03	88th
2017	2.32	−0.16	90th
2016	2.48	+0.03	92nd
2015	2.45	+0.10	93rd
2014	2.35	+0.12	93rd
2013	2.23	+0.05	92nd
2012	2.18	+0.03	93rd
2011	2.15	+0.32	96th
2010	1.84	+0.08	89th
2009	1.76	−0.58	87th
2008	2.33	+0.40	96th
2007	1.94	+0.14	93rd
2006	1.79	+0.09	90th
2005	1.70	+0.36	87th
2004	1.35	+0.12	78th
2003	1.22	+0.16	75th
2002	1.06	+0.02	70th
2001	1.05	−0.08	69th
2000	1.13	+0.26	71st
1999	0.87	+0.11	56th
1998	0.76	−0.18	53rd
1997	0.94	−0.06	67th
1996	1.00	+0.05	70th
1995	0.95	+0.05	68th
1994	0.90	−0.00	64th
1993	0.91	−0.07	70th
1992	0.98	−0.02	81st
1991	1.01	−0.09	85th
1990	1.09	–	90th

Show all years (1990–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +12.3% GDP growth 4.2% C/A balance 26.8%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, Qatar's ppp conversion factor averaged 2.35. The 2024 figure of 2.21 is below this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 2.31 by 2025.