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Qatari Riyal
QARQatar · Issued by Qatar Central Bank
Price (USD)
$0.274725
Inflation (2024)
+1.27%
10y M2 change
+42%
M69 Score
95.4
USD-pegged
Market Cap (USD)
$197.31B
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
718.21B QAR
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+1.27%
World Bank · annual
Country
Qatar
ISO 4217 · QAR
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Qatari Riyal M2 money supply
Broad money in QAR (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
Qatari Riyal inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Qatar. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Qatari Riyal be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 QAR in 2001 buys today
11.78 QARworth of goods
Lost 88% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
848.81 QAR
69 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 15:52:44
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- QAT
Note: USD-pegged
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/QAR
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Qatari Riyal?+
The Qatari Riyal (QAR) is issued by Qatar Central Bank. As the monetary authority for Qatar, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Qatari Riyal?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Qatari Riyal: 1.27% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Qatari Riyal been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 42% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between QAR as accounting unit and QAR as a store of value.
Is the Qatari Riyal sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Qatari Riyal currently scores 95.4. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Qatari Riyal compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.