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Qatar GDP growth accelerates to 2.2 pc in third quarter

Thursday, 3 January 2019


Qatar’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth accelerated to an annual 2.2 per cent in the third quarter (Q3) of 2018 from a revised 1.7 per cent in the second quarter, a govt data showed.

The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics said on Thursday that Quarter-on-quarter growth climbed to 4.0 per cent, the highest rate in at least two years, from 1.2 per cent, reports Reuters.