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Qatar: Government deficit (% of GDP)

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

2023
5.51%percent of GDP
Change on 2022
−4.9 pointsfrom 10.4%
Average, 2014–2023
1.13%10 years
Record high and low
17.9% (2014)low −11.8% (1994)

Government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20312.86Forecast
20301.84Forecast
2029-0.393Forecast
2028-4.67Forecast
2027-4.81Forecast
2026-3.43Forecast
2025-1.00Forecast
20240.708Forecast
20235.51
202210.4
20210.243
2020-8.64
20190.238
20182.26
2017-6.82
2016-9.20
2015-0.597
201417.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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