State efforts to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has helped Qatar’s non-oil sector reach annual growth of 7.4% in the last quarter of 2015, the Minister of Economy and Commerce (MEC) has said.
The Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA) CEO has said he is “looking at 70% contribution” from the country's non-hydrocarbon sector to the national gross domestic product (GDP) for 2016 and 2017.