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Qatar: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2023 · 34 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2023
30.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+2.5 pointsfrom 28.0%
Average, 2014–2023
32.5%10 years
Record high and low
67.0% (1993)low 25.9% (2014)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.9Forecast
203029.3Forecast
202929.9Forecast
202831.3Forecast
202732.0Forecast
202632.7Forecast
202530.7Forecast
202429.7Forecast
202330.5
202228.0
202133.7
202039.7
201932.1
201828.9
201734.7
201640.1
201531.3
201425.9

Sources

  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2023
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1991–2023
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2023–2031

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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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