Katar - BIP Jahreswachstumsrate

The gross domestic product of Qatar expanded by 0.3 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, following a downwardly revised 1.8 percent advance in the previous quarter. It was the weakest pace of expansion since the third quarter of 2009, when the GDP contracted by 15.3 percent. Positive contributions to growth came from construction (7.2 percent); financial & insurance activities (3.9 percent); public administration; compulsory social security (3.0 percent); real estate activities (2.8 percent); and professional, scientific & technical activities; administrative & support activities (0.9 percent).On the other hand, negative growth was recorded from mining & quarrying (-2.0 percent); manufacturing (-1.7 percent); and wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles & motorcycles (-0.2 percent). On a quarterly basis, the economy shrank 1.2 percent, after a downwardly revised 3.5 percent growth in Q3.