Qatar Economic Outlook Issue Number 13

Figure 2-39: Main economic sectors as a 
percentage of GDP 
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36 29 33 38 34 27 
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64 71 67 62 66 73 
43 40 39 38 38 37 37 
57 60 61 62 62 63 63 
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Source: Planning and Statistics Authority 

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Qatar Economic Outlook 2021 - 2023 
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During the period (2017-2019), the 
contribution of building and construction 
sector underwent a decline as a result of the 
completion of a large part of the infrastructure 
projects and the leveling out of manufacturing 
activities. 
However, 
non-governmental 
services continued to contribute positively to 
economic growth rates. As for the effects of 
the measures to contain Covid-19 in 2020, 
they have clearly impacted the overall 
economic and social activities during 2020. 
On the other hand, the negative contribution 
of the hydrocarbons (oil) sector to the real 
GDP growth rate continued during the period 
(2014-2019), due to the relative stability of 
the quantities produced together with limited 
variations that reflect the periodic 
maintenance and modernization needs of 
many oil and gas fields. 
Service Sector
On average, the services sector accounted 
for 42.1% of the real GDP and 68% of non-oil 
activities during the period (2015-2020). 
Since it is one of the sectors most affected by 
any geopolitical and security conditions, as 
well as health-related repercussions such as 
Covid-19 counter-measures, GDP data 
updated with the base year of 2018 and with 
data from the annual economic surveys 
indicate that the annual rate of change of the 
services sector declined in 2017, largely due 
to the consequences of geopolitical actions. 
This amounted to negative 1.2% compared to 
1.8% in 2016. However, when compared to 
the rates of change in the following two years 
of 2018 and 2019, it is clear that the rates of 
change had become positive, reaching even