Qatar

13. Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Portfolio Investment Statistics

Table 2: Key Macroeconomic Data, U.S. FDI in Host Country/Economy

	Host Country Statistical Source*		USG or International Statistical Source		USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
Economic Data	Year	Amount	Year	Amount
Host Country Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ($M USD)	2017	$166,929	2017	$166,928	www.worldbank.org/en/country
Foreign Direct Investment	Host Country Statistical Source*		USG or International Statistical Source		USG or International Source of Data: BEA; IMF; Eurostat; UNCTAD, Other
U.S. FDI in partner country ($M USD, stock positions)	2017	$8,297	2017	$8,183	BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data
Host country’s FDI in the United States ($M USD, stock positions)	N/A	N/A	2017	$2,255	BEA data available at https://www.bea.gov/international/direct-investment-and-multinational-enterprises-comprehensive-data
Total inbound stock of FDI as % host GDP	2017	21.5%	2017	20.1%	UNCTAD data available at https://unctad.org/en/Pages/DIAE/World%20Investment%20Report/Country-Fact-Sheets.aspx

* Source for Host Country Data: Qatar’s Planning and Statistics Authority http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/

Table 3: Sources and Destination of FDI

Direct Investment From/in Counterpart Economy Data
From Top Five Sources/To Top Five Destinations *(US Dollars, Millions)*
Inward Direct Investment			Outward Direct Investment
Total Inward	$35,852	100%	Total Outward	$40,357	100%
Other American Countries	$12,802	36%	European Union	$13,764	34%
European Union	$10,549	29%	Gulf Cooperation Council	$9.808	24%
United States of America	$8,297	23%	Other Arab Countries	$5,632	14%
Asia (excluding Gulf Cooperation Council)	$1,758	5%	Other Asian Countries	$3,269	8%
Other	$2,445	7%	Other	$7,885	20%

* Source: 2017 Data form Qatar’s Planning and Statistics Authority http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/