Country
Qatar QAT
QCB
score date 2026-10-10 · 30d -0.2
Seven dimensions
Credibility gap82.5
IMF / national CPI · as of 2025-12-31 · coverage: bronze
Behind the curve—
BIS policy rates + CPI · as of 2026-08-01 · coverage: bronze
Communication—
Central-bank statements · as of 2026-10-10 · coverage: bronze
Geopolitical49.5
GDELT · as of 2026-10-10 · coverage: bronze
Growth37.6
World Bank WDI / IMF WEO · as of 2026-10-10 · coverage: bronze
Liquidity77.7
IMF BOP / BIS / FRED · as of 2026-10-10 · coverage: bronze
Governance60.6
World Bank WGI · as of 2026-10-10 · coverage: bronze
Qatar sovereign credibility, in brief
Qatar scores 60.3 out of 100 on the composite sovereign credibility index — credibility band 50–65. That ranks it 3 of 10 in Middle East, the 80th percentile of the region. The score is unchanged over the past seven days. CPI 0.7% (implicit target) — adequate credibility (60/100).
As of 2026-10-10 · scored daily from public data under methodology v8
Peer context
Rank 3/10 in Middle East · 80th percentile
Region avg 53.1 · best 61.1 · worst 17.4
Ranked either side
- United Arab Emirates 61.1
- Oman 60.9
- Saudi Arabia 59.0
- Kuwait 57.5
90-day trend
External pulse
- Port trade momentum, 30d YoY
- -76.6%
- as of 2026-10-11
- Commodity terms-of-trade, 12m change
- +14.7%
- as of 2026-10-11
- Electricity demand, YoY
- 0.0%
- as of 2024-12-01
Sources: Kpler; UN Global Platform; IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) · Terms-of-trade: IMF Commodity Terms of Trade · Electricity: Ember (CC BY 4.0)
Key indicators
External & activity
| Current account (% GDP) | 14.8% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Electricity demand (TWh) | 3.4 | 2024-12-01 | Ember |
| FDI inflows (% GDP) | 1.4% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| GDP growth, annual | 2.9% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Nightlights radiance (monthly sum) | 1.1M | 2025-12-01 | World Bank / NASA Black Marble |
| Nightlights radiance, YoY | -9.7% | 2025-12-01 | derived |
| Remittances (% GDP) | 0.6% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Reserves (months of imports) | 7.5 mo | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Trade openness (% GDP) | 100.2% | 2022-12-31 | World Bank |
| Unemployment rate | 0.1% | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Unemployment rate (ILO) | 0.1% | 2024-12-31 | ILO |
Structure
| GDP per capita (USD) | $72,525 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| Labor force participation | 88.0% | 2024-12-31 | ILO |
| WGI: control of corruption | 0.9 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: government effectiveness | 1.0 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: political stability | 1.0 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: regulatory quality | 1.0 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: rule of law | 0.6 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
| WGI: voice & accountability | -1.3 | 2025-12-31 | World Bank |
Nightlights: World Bank / NASA Black Marble VIIRS (CC BY 4.0)
Follow the moves
Every figure above is recomputed daily from public data, with the source and as-of date shown for each one. The weekly briefing says which scores moved, and why.