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Qatar: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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