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Qatar: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
40.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−2.8 pointsfrom 43.7%
Average, 2015–2024
50.6%10 years
Record high and low
81.8% (1999)low 9.37% (2007)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202440.8
202343.7
202242.6
202158.4
202072.6
201962.1
201852.2
201751.6
201646.7
201535.5

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1990–2024

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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