Summary
- Qatar → United States
- $1.5billion
- United States → Qatar
- $4.3billion
- Qatar’s balance
- -$2.8billion
Balance
Qatar’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Qatar and the United States grew 19.3-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Qatar’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.5
- Imports 4.3
- Balance -2.8
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $85 million | $217 million | -$131 million |
| 1996 | $91 million | $201 million | -$109 million |
| 1997 | $145 million | $350 million | -$205 million |
| 1998 | $199 million | $339 million | -$140 million |
| 1999 | $257 million | $140 million | $118 million |
| 2000 | $658 million | $412 million | $246 million |
| 2001 | $724 million | $638 million | $86 million |
| 2002 | $532 million | $635 million | -$103 million |
| 2003 | $326 million | $605 million | -$279 million |
| 2004 | $364 million | $550 million | -$186 million |
| 2005 | $466 million | $1.3 billion | -$865 million |
| 2006 | $227 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2007 | $383 million | $3.3 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2008 | $356 million | $3.5 billion | -$3.1 billion |
| 2009 | $403 million | $1.3 billion | -$926 million |
| 2010 | $751 million | $2.6 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2011 | $1.2 billion | $1.9 billion | -$648 million |
| 2012 | $1.2 billion | $3.2 billion | -$2 billion |
| 2013 | $1.2 billion | $3.1 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2014 | $1.5 billion | $3.4 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2015 | $1.2 billion | $3.5 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 2016 | $1.1 billion | $4.5 billion | -$3.4 billion |
| 2017 | $1.2 billion | $4.8 billion | -$3.7 billion |
| 2018 | $1.6 billion | $5.8 billion | -$4.3 billion |
| 2019 | $1.6 billion | $5 billion | -$3.4 billion |
| 2020 | $1 billion | $3.5 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2021 | $1.9 billion | $3 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2022 | $3 billion | $3.9 billion | -$982 million |
| 2023 | $2.1 billion | $4.6 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2024 | $1.5 billion | $4.3 billion | -$2.8 billion |
What they sell each other
What Qatar sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States 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 Los Angeles is 11,700 nautical miles (21,669 km) long: ≈ 27–35 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
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 States was Qatar’s 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Qatar was the United States’ 63rd (0.1%).
- The United States in Qatar’s trade
- 4.6%
- The United States’ rank among Qatar’s partners
- 6th
- Qatar in the United States’ trade
- 0.1%
- Qatar’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 63rd
Compare with
Other partners of Qatar
Other partners of the United States
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.