Summary
- Qatar → Saudi Arabia
- $532million
- Saudi Arabia → Qatar
- $886million
- Qatar’s balance
- -$354million
Balance
Qatar’s trade balance with Saudi Arabia
Trade between Qatar and Saudi Arabia grew 6.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Qatar’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.5
- Imports 0.9
- Balance -0.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $66 million | $158 million | -$92 million |
| 1996 | $76 million | $206 million | -$129 million |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $80 million | $197 million | -$117 million |
| 1999 | $72 million | $0 | $72 million |
| 2000 | $153 million | $235 million | -$82 million |
| 2001 | $190 million | $242 million | -$53 million |
| 2002 | $299 million | $320 million | -$21 million |
| 2003 | $241 million | $355 million | -$114 million |
| 2004 | $325 million | $597 million | -$272 million |
| 2005 | $195 million | $693 million | -$498 million |
| 2006 | $314 million | $963 million | -$649 million |
| 2007 | $459 million | $1.2 billion | -$768 million |
| 2008 | $151 million | $1.4 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2009 | $392 million | $1.8 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2010 | $308 million | $1.3 billion | -$1 billion |
| 2011 | $497 million | $1.4 billion | -$867 million |
| 2012 | $632 million | $1.3 billion | -$700 million |
| 2013 | $625 million | $1.4 billion | -$750 million |
| 2014 | $561 million | $1.5 billion | -$953 million |
| 2015 | $481 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2016 | $320 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2017 | $196 million | $711 million | -$515 million |
| 2018 | $0 | $15 million | -$15 million |
| 2019 | $0 | $53 thousand | -$53 thousand |
| 2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2021 | $106 million | $566 million | -$460 million |
| 2022 | $358 million | $416 million | -$58 million |
| 2023 | $358 million | $1 billion | -$690 million |
| 2024 | $532 million | $886 million | -$354 million |
What they sell each other
What Qatar sells to Saudi Arabia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Saudi Arabia sells to Qatar
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Hamad Port and Jeddah is 2,482 nautical miles (4,596 km) long: ≈ 5.5–7.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Saudi Arabia was Qatar’s 18th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Qatar was Saudi Arabia’s 46th (0.3%).
- Saudi Arabia in Qatar’s trade
- 1.1%
- Saudi Arabia’s rank among Qatar’s partners
- 18th
- Qatar in Saudi Arabia’s trade
- 0.3%
- Qatar’s rank among Saudi Arabia’s partners
- 46th
Compare with
Other partners of Qatar
Other partners of Saudi Arabia
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.