Qatar
Military share of state spending in Qatar
Military share of state spending in Qatar: 25.3% of government spending in 1990 and 26.9% of government spending in 2022, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 26.9% of government spending
- Since 1990
- +1.6 percentage points
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 27.9% of government spending in 1991, the lowest 4.9% of government spending in 2010.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.9 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2010 | 4.9 |
| 2009 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 8.7 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6.2 |
| 2005 | 6.9 |
| 2004 | 8.4 |
| 2003 | 11.6 |
| 2002 | 12.5 |
| 1991 | 27.9 |
| 1990 | 25.3 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
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- Military spending6.5% of GDP in 2022
- Military spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2022
- Military spending per person$5,428 in 2022
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.05 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2025