Qatar Government Spending
Qatar government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 12.88%.
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Qatar · government spending data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
Qatar recorded 12.88% for Government Spending in 2022, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2021, the indicator decreased by 3.77 percentage points, from 16.65% to 12.88%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (17.36%).
Across the five latest available observations (2018–2022), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 12.88% in 2022 and the high was 21.96% in 2020.