How dependent is Qatar on the United States?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• The United States sells 30.1% of what the world exports of aircraft parts; next come United Kingdom (11.8%), France (10.8%) and Germany (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 114 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 23.7% of what the world exports of bombs, missiles and ammunition; next come Bulgaria (13.9%), Poland (11.3%) and South Korea (6.5%). The rest of the world exported 324.6 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 32.4% of what the world exports of navigation instruments; next come France (13%), United Kingdom (7.5%) and Germany (5.8%). The rest of the world exported 276.3 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 21.7% of what the world exports of fuel and lubricant additives; next come France (17.7%), Singapore (14%) and Italy (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,386.6 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 12.1% of what the world exports of gemstones; next come Thailand (14.1%), India (8.9%) and Hong Kong (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 1,058.9 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 9.4% of what the world exports of dextrins and modified starches; next come Thailand (18.9%), Netherlands (13.7%) and Germany (10.3%). The rest of the world exported 783.4 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 17.5% of what the world exports of prepared explosives; next come India (9.8%), Poland (6.1%) and Australia (4.7%). The rest of the world exported 266.8 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 3.4% of what the world exports of pearls; next come Japan (31.4%), Australia (14.3%) and Indonesia (12.3%). The rest of the world exported 230 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 17.6% of what the world exports of firearm parts; next come South Korea (7.6%), Germany (7.1%) and Italy (6.8%). The rest of the world exported 784.2 times what Qatar buys from the United States.
• The United States sells 2.2% of what the world exports of hydraulic turbines; next come China (28.9%), Germany (14.1%) and Italy (8.5%). The rest of the world exported 409.2 times what Qatar buys from the United States.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Qatar is the United States’ 53rd-largest customer, with 0.23% of its exports.

• Trade between Qatar and the United States
• Who does Qatar rely on?
• Who does the United States rely on?
• Dependence of Qatar on China
• Trade profile of Qatar
• Trade profile of the United States
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.