r capita: purchasing power parity - $21,300 (1996 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 1%
industry: 45%
services: 54% (1993 est.)

Inflation rate - consumer price index: 1.2% (1995)

Labor force:
total: 233,000 (1993 est.)
note: 83.49% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
(July 1997 est.)

Unemployment rate: NA%

Budget:
revenues : $3 billion
expenditures: $3.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA
(FY96/97)

Industries: crude oil production and refining, fertilizers,
petrochemicals, steel reinforcing bars, cement

Industrial production growth rate: NA%

Electricity - capacity: 1.3 million kW (1994)

Electricity - production: 5.5 billion kWh (1994)

Electricity - consumption per capita: 10,095 kWh (1995 est.)

Agriculture - products: fruits, vegetables; poultry, dairy products,
beef; fish (all on small scale)

Exports:
total value: $4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities: petroleum products 80%, steel, fertilizers
partners: Japan 54%, Singapore 7%, South Korea 6%, Australia 3%, UAE
3% (1995 est.)

Imports:
total value: $4.4 billion (f.o.b., 1996 est.)
commodities : machinery and equipment, consumer goods, food, chemicals
partners: Italy 16%, Germany 11%, Japan 10%, UK 9%, France 9% (1995
est.)

Debt - external: $5.7 billion (1995 est.)

Economic aid: $NA

Currency: 1 Qatari riyal (QR) = 100 dirhams

Exchange rates: Qatari riyals (QR) per US$1 - 3.6400 riyals (fixed
rate)

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March

@Qatar:Communications

Telephones: 160,717 (1992 est.)

Telephone system: modern system centered in Doha
domestic: NA
international : tropospheric scatter to Bahrain; microwave radio relay
to Saudi Arabia and UAE; submarine cable to Bahrain and UAE; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and
1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios: 201,000 (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 3 (1988 est.)

Televisions: 205,000 (1992 est.)

@Qatar:Transportation

Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 1,210 km
paved : 1,089 km
unpaved: 121 km (1995 est.)

Pipelines: crude oil 235 km; natural gas 400 km

Ports and harbors: Doha, Halul Island, Umm Sa'id

Merchant marine:
total: 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 512,456 GRT/850,858 DWT
ships by type : combination ore/oil 2, container 3, cargo 11, oil
tanker 3 (1996 est.)

Airports: 3 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved