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Qatar – PPP Conversion Factor 2008

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
2.33 +0.40 from 2007 G20 rank: 96th

Qatar's ppp conversion factor was 2.33 in 2008, increased +0.40 from 1.94 in 2007. This was the 96th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2008▾
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Zimbabwe 0.00 -0.6%
2nd Belarus 0.10 18.9%
3rd Kuwait 0.17 16.4%
4th Bahrain 0.17 9.3%
5th Oman 0.19 30.1%
6th Jordan 0.26 21.3%
7th Kosovo 0.31 –
8th Azerbaijan 0.35 25.6%
9th Montenegro 0.36 3.9%
10th Timor-Leste 0.38 5.2%
11th Ghana 0.47 17.2%
12th El Salvador 0.48 1.5%
13th Ecuador 0.48 12.9%
14th Liberia 0.49 15.1%
15th Panama 0.50 5.4%
16th Croatia 0.51 0.2%
17th Lithuania 0.53 5.3%
18th Slovak Republic 0.54 -2.9%
19th Estonia 0.55 -1.1%
20th Libya 0.55 21.4%
21st Tunisia 0.55 4.3%
22nd Malta 0.57 0.6%
23rd West Bank and Gaza 0.57 14.8%
24th Latvia 0.61 2.2%
25th Slovenia 0.63 0.6%
26th Portugal 0.64 -1.6%
27th Bulgaria 0.68 3.3%
28th Georgia 0.69 7.5%
29th Cyprus 0.69 0.0%
30th United Kingdom 0.70 -1.0%
31st Greece 0.71 -1.4%
32nd Nauru 0.72 18.4%
33rd San Marino 0.72 0.9%
34th Spain 0.73 -0.9%
35th Brunei Darussalam 0.74 13.8%
36th Andorra 0.75 0.3%
37th Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.75 3.0%
38th Palau 0.75 3.6%
39th Italy 0.78 -3.2%
40th Puerto Rico (US) 0.81 4.5%
41st Sudan 0.81 6.8%
42nd Germany 0.82 -2.0%
43rd Micronesia, Federated States of 0.82 3.2%
44th Singapore 0.84 -3.2%
45th Netherlands 0.85 -1.4%
46th Fiji 0.85 0.2%
47th Austria 0.85 -1.6%
48th Belgium 0.87 -1.4%
49th Türkiye 0.88 3.4%
50th France 0.88 -0.8%
51st Luxembourg 0.90 -2.3%
52nd Virgin Islands (US) 0.90 -14.0%
53rd Marshall Islands 0.90 3.4%
54th Finland 0.91 -2.4%
55th Turks and Caicos Islands 0.93 1.1%
56th Ireland 0.94 -1.4%
57th Bahamas, The 0.96 -0.4%
58th Kiribati 0.97 7.4%
59th Cayman Islands 0.98 1.1%
60th United States 1.00 0.0%
61st Tuvalu 1.12 1.7%
62nd Tajikistan 1.14 25.7%
63rd Belize 1.15 1.6%
64th Sierra Leone 1.15 8.2%
65th Turkmenistan 1.17 56.7%
66th South Sudan 1.20 –
67th Brazil 1.21 6.7%
68th Canada 1.23 1.8%
69th Egypt, Arab Republic of 1.27 10.1%
70th Aruba 1.30 2.3%
71st Tonga 1.33 2.5%
72nd Curaçao 1.33 4.9%
73rd Peru 1.39 -0.8%
74th Bermuda 1.42 3.1%
75th Malaysia 1.43 8.3%
76th Saudi Arabia 1.46 15.5%
77th Australia 1.48 3.6%
78th New Zealand 1.49 -1.1%
79th Suriname 1.49 13.3%
80th Switzerland 1.49 -2.5%
81st Romania 1.57 5.3%
82nd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.63 5.2%
83rd Argentina 1.65 20.8%
84th Antigua and Barbuda 1.69 2.8%
85th Dominica 1.73 -1.1%
86th Papua New Guinea 1.77 5.7%
87th St. Lucia 1.77 0.6%
88th Samoa 1.81 7.1%
89th Grenada 1.83 5.8%
90th Poland 1.84 -0.6%
91st St. Kitts and Nevis 1.86 -0.6%
92nd Zambia 1.90 8.5%
93rd United Arab Emirates 1.94 16.3%
94th Barbados 2.06 -0.1%
95th Ukraine 2.27 26.6%
96th Qatar 2.33 20.6%
97th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 2.55 8.3%
98th Botswana 2.72 7.3%
99th China 3.17 5.8%
100th Guatemala 3.25 7.3%
101st Eswatini 3.52 8.2%
102nd Lesotho 3.60 14.5%
103rd Morocco 3.83 2.8%
104th Israel 3.87 3.6%
105th Macao SAR, China 4.06 8.0%
106th South Africa 4.08 5.8%
107th Moldova 4.23 7.2%
108th Namibia 4.27 8.9%
109th Trinidad and Tobago 4.35 21.5%
110th Greenland 4.69 -3.9%
111th Eritrea 4.87 13.9%
112th Hong Kong SAR, China 5.24 -0.6%
113th Seychelles 5.64 29.4%
114th São Tomé and Principe 5.67 26.4%
115th Solomon Islands 5.94 4.4%
116th Maldives 6.25 9.5%
117th Faroe Islands 6.35 –
118th Nicaragua 7.30 14.0%
119th Mexico 7.47 1.4%
120th Denmark 7.94 -2.7%
121st Honduras 8.60 5.8%
122nd Sweden 8.78 -1.0%
123rd Norway 8.86 -0.7%
124th Gambia, The 9.13 0.5%
125th Kyrgyz Republic 11.66 19.9%
126th Mauritania 11.69 8.6%
127th Thailand 11.90 3.1%
128th India 12.56 7.1%
129th Uruguay 12.58 6.8%
130th Bhutan 13.84 3.6%
131st Czechia 13.92 -2.4%
132nd Russian Federation 14.34 2.6%
133rd Afghanistan 14.58 0.2%
134th Haiti 15.38 10.5%
135th Nepal 15.56 3.6%
136th Mozambique 15.71 3.2%
137th Mauritius 15.90 3.5%
138th Dominican Republic 16.77 8.2%
139th Philippines 16.88 5.2%
140th Pakistan 17.93 8.8%
141st North Macedonia 19.26 -1.3%
142nd Bangladesh 19.72 5.8%
143rd Algeria 24.48 12.9%
144th Kenya 29.46 13.0%
145th Serbia 31.32 3.0%
146th Sri Lanka 34.57 14.1%
147th Jamaica 43.11 11.4%
148th Albania 44.56 -0.1%
149th Angola 46.96 17.2%
150th Cabo Verde 48.99 1.8%
151st Kazakhstan 56.56 18.7%
152nd Malawi 59.37 9.8%
153rd Yemen, Republic of 63.53 18.1%
154th Nigeria 63.67 5.9%
155th Guyana 96.76 7.5%
156th Vanuatu 97.67 5.1%
157th Iceland 114.53 6.7%
158th Japan 116.85 -2.9%
159th Hungary 131.01 -2.3%
160th Armenia 147.67 4.0%
161st Mali 180.71 4.2%
162nd Burkina Faso 204.44 7.1%
163rd Niger 209.68 8.0%
164th Benin 213.52 4.4%
165th Comoros 215.12 1.2%
166th Guinea-Bissau 218.21 10.6%
167th Myanmar 219.83 11.5%
168th Togo 224.34 7.0%
169th Côte d'Ivoire 226.73 3.4%
170th Cameroon 231.84 3.0%
171st Chad 238.57 9.3%
172nd Senegal 241.74 6.2%
173rd Rwanda 242.63 12.3%
174th Central African Republic 244.48 5.1%
175th Equatorial Guinea 267.17 17.6%
176th Congo, Republic of 283.95 14.1%
177th Costa Rica 292.71 9.3%
178th Gabon 314.64 18.2%
179th Uzbekistan 314.80 24.4%
180th Congo, Democratic Republic of 337.96 22.3%
181st Mongolia 339.91 19.2%
182nd Chile 340.40 5.1%
183rd Burundi 368.92 21.8%
184th Tanzania 423.96 14.2%
185th Iraq 464.95 27.7%
186th Madagascar 555.16 5.5%
187th Uganda 672.18 4.4%
188th Lebanon 717.82 5.5%
189th Korea 785.72 2.0%
190th Colombia 1,056.60 5.6%
191st Cambodia 1,268.44 9.7%
192nd Paraguay 1,939.00 10.1%
193rd Guinea 2,006.22 14.5%
194th Lao PDR 2,367.06 6.8%
195th Indonesia 2,722.33 15.9%
196th Iran, Islamic Republic of 3,297.80 17.2%
197th Viet Nam 4,973.21 20.4%
198th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 9,881.34 0.1%
Source: World Bank (PA.NUS.PPP)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Qatar matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: -2.4%. View full analysis →

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