OFID Member Countries
Official country name: State of Qatar
National capital: Doha
Location: Occupying a peninsula on the west coast of the Gulf, bordered on the south by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Area: 11,000 km2
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| Natural resources: |
petroleum, natural gas, fish |
| National currency: |
Qatari riyal (QRL) |
| Principal exports: |
LNG, petroleum & products, fertilizers, steel |
| Principal imports: |
Machinery and transport equipment, food, chemicals |
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| Year: |
2009 |
| Population: |
0.86 million (2008) |
| Population growth (annual %): |
3.4% |
| Adult literacy rate: |
93.1% (2007) |
| Life expectancy at birth (total years, 2007): |
75.5 |
| GDP growth (annual %): |
9% (2009) |
| GDP current: |
US$91.76 billion (2008) |
| GDP per capita: |
US$106,610 (2008) |
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| Exports of goods & services: |
US$41.76 billion (2009) |
| Imports of goods & services: |
US$22.28 billion (2009) |
Current account balance
(% of GDP): |
10.8% (2009) |
| Inflation (annual %): |
-4.3% |
| Official exchange rate: QRL per US$ 2009 |
3.64 |
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| OFID Ministerial Council Member: |
HE Mr. Yousef Hussain Kamal, Minister of Economy and Finance and Chairman of the
Ministerial Council of OFID, Ministry of Economy and Finance |
| OFID Governing Board Representative: |
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| OFID Governing Board Alternate: |
Mr. Ismail O. Al-Daffa, Director, International Economic & Financial Cooperation Department,
Ministry of Finance |
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