Summary
- Qatar → United Arab Emirates
- $266million
- United Arab Emirates → Qatar
- $1.7billion
- Qatar’s balance
- -$1.4billion
Balance
Qatar’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Qatar and the United Arab Emirates grew 2.6-fold since 2000
USD billions (current). Qatar’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.3
- Imports 1.7
- Balance -1.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1999 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $512 million | $225 million | $288 million |
| 2001 | $193 million | $197 million | -$4 million |
| 2002 | $436 million | $285 million | $151 million |
| 2003 | $319 million | $176 million | $142 million |
| 2004 | $436 million | $241 million | $196 million |
| 2005 | $261 million | $782 million | -$521 million |
| 2006 | $1.2 billion | $988 million | $242 million |
| 2007 | $777 million | $1.8 billion | -$997 million |
| 2008 | $625 million | $1.9 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2009 | $1.8 billion | $0 | $1.8 billion |
| 2010 | $3.1 billion | $1.6 billion | $1.5 billion |
| 2011 | $3.5 billion | $0 | $3.5 billion |
| 2012 | $3 billion | $2.5 billion | $495 million |
| 2013 | $3.1 billion | $2.3 billion | $730 million |
| 2014 | $3.8 billion | $2.6 billion | $1.2 billion |
| 2015 | $783 million | $3.2 billion | -$2.4 billion |
| 2016 | $2.9 billion | $3.2 billion | -$281 million |
| 2017 | $2.2 billion | $1.8 billion | $407 million |
| 2018 | $410 million | $59 million | $351 million |
| 2019 | $1.1 billion | $16 million | $1 billion |
| 2020 | $112 million | $851 thousand | $111 million |
| 2021 | $1.5 billion | $2.4 billion | -$881 million |
| 2022 | $2.8 billion | $4.9 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2023 | $2.4 billion | $3.5 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2024 | $266 million | $1.7 billion | -$1.4 billion |
What they sell each other
What Qatar sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates 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 Jebel Ali is 199 nautical miles (368 km) long: ≈ 0.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or 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
The United Arab Emirates was Qatar’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Qatar was the United Arab Emirates’ 39th (0.3%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Qatar’s trade
- 1.5%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Qatar’s partners
- 13th
- Qatar in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.3%
- Qatar’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 39th
Compare with
Other partners of Qatar
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
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.