Qatar's growth outlook strengthens amid global instability: Standard Chartered

Doha: In its latest report titled Global Focus Economic Outlook H2 2025 , Standard Chartered said that Qatar s growth momentum is expected to remai...

Doha: In its latest report titled "Global Focus - Economic Outlook H2-2025", Standard Chartered said that Qatar's growth momentum is expected to remain intact in H2-2025, supported by robust public investment and a continued commitment to economic diversification.

The report indicated that while Standard Chartered's global growth has been revised slightly to 3.1 percent from 3.2 percent earlier in the year, due to ongoing trade policy uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, Qatar and the broader Middle East region continue to stand out for their resilience and forward-looking policy agenda.

Standard Chartered's report maintained its 2025 GDP growth forecast for Qatar at 4.0 percent, while raising the 2026 forecast to 5.5percent (from 4.0 percent previously), reflecting increased confidence in the timeline for gas output expansion and LNG export growth.

This revised outlook is above the average market expectation of 5.2 percent and slightly below the IMF's 5.6 percent.

The report sees Qatar's real GDP per capita rising to approximately USD 110,000 by 2026, a level that supports the country's transition toward developed-market status and potential inclusion in various emerging market indices.