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Qatar: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

2023
42.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
+0.2 pointsfrom 42.6%
Average, 2014–2023
48.9%10 years
Record high and low
81.8% (1999)low 9.37% (2007)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203135.5Forecast
203036.5Forecast
202937.7Forecast
202839.7Forecast
202740.9Forecast
202643.3Forecast
202541.4Forecast
202441.3Forecast
202342.8
202242.6
202158.4
202072.6
201962.1
201852.2
201751.6
201646.7
201535.5
201424.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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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