Invest Qatar Annual Report 2025 19 FDI capital allocation in 2025 reflects a balanced investment profile across both core industrial sectors and emerging growth areas. While chemicals continue to anchor capital deployment, reinforcing Qatar’s established industrial capabilities, strong inflows into software and IT services, consumer products and logistics-related activities underscore accelerating diversification dynamics. The sectoral distribution of capex highlights sustained investor confidence in Qatar’s traditional strengths, alongside growing momentum in technology-enabled and domestic demand- driven industries. FDI projects in 2025 reflect a balance between regional and global investors, attracting both neighbouring countries and major international players, underscoring Qatar’s appeal to both regional investors and global players. The UAE and Saudi Arabia together contributed $1.1bn, representing 32.5% of total capex, while other global investors accounted for $2.29bn, representing 67.5%. $1.973bn Capex $2.528bn Capex 58.1% Share 74.4% Share Coal, oil and natural gas Food and beverages Software and IT services Chemicals Consumer products