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Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	115 416	114 585	134 624^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-2.4	0.6	0.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	38 576.4	29 874.0	31 999.3^b
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	0.4	0.5	0.4^b
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	58.2	48.7	51.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	41.4	50.9	48.3^b
Employment in agriculture^e (% of employed)	2.5	2.2	2^d
Employment in industry^e (% of employed)	24.5	24.8	24.4^d
Employment in services^e (% employed)	73	73	73.7^d
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	1.8	2.2	2.3^d
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	46.6 / 84.7	50.0 / 87.2	49.3 / 87.3^d
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e (2010=100)	100	118	127^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	64	94	132^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	62 698	54 121	72 958^e,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	22 691	30 957	37 506^e,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	40 007	23 164	35 452^e,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	36 989	8 584	33 811^b

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	5.5	5	2.1^d
Urban population (% of total population)	100	100	100^b
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	5.5	5.4	...
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	2.4	2.1	2.1^d
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	74.9 / 73.1	75.9 / 74.1	76.4 / 74.6^d
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	23.2 / 3.4	21.2 / 4.2	21.1 / 7.1^a
International migrant stock^h,i (000/% of total pop.)	1 874.8 / 62.7	2 866.1 / 74.7	3 110.2 / 72.8^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	96.5^j	94.6	93.8^d
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	9.7	8.2	7.1^d
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	2.8	4	5^k
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.4	2.6	...
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.8^e,l	...	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	101.2 / 103.2	104.3 / 101.0	94.8 / 82.3^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	98.8 / 97.0	101.0 / 94.9	... / ...
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	92.9 / 86.4	100.8 / 86.5^m	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2	1.8^m	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	7.7	1.5	1.5ⁿ

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	61.4^e	72^e	99.5^b
Research & Development expenditure^p (% of GDP)	0.1^o	0.1^q,r,s	0.1^q,r,k
Threatened species (number)	41	42	63
Forested area^e (% of land area)	0.4	0.4	0.4^k
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	77.1 / 25.8	86.2 / 22.5	87.8 / 21.2^k
Energy production, primary^t (Petajoules)	5 557	7 011	6 870^k
Energy supply per capita^t (Gigajoules)	451	362	353^k
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^u (000)	5 208	6 941	8 508^k
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	31	42.1	51.6^d
Net Official Development Assist. disbursed (% of GNI)	...	...	0.41^v

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		Data refers to the Governorates of Capital, Hawalli, Al-Farwaniya and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.
d		2020
e		Estimate.
f		Areas not elsewhere specified.
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		Including refugees.
i		Refers to foreign citizens.
j		Data as at the end of December.
k		2018
l		2006
m		2012
n		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
o		Government only.
p		Partial data.
q		Excluding business enterprise.
r		Excluding private non-profit.
s		Break in the time series.
t		The data for crude oil production include 50 per cent of the output of the Neutral Zone.
u		Non-resident tourists staying in hotels and similar establishments.
v		2017