Qatar
Military spending in Qatar
Military spending in Qatar: 7.87% of GDP in 1980 and 6.5% of GDP in 2022, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 6.5% of GDP
- Since 1980
- −1.37 percentage points
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 24.85% of GDP in 1985, the lowest 1.47% of GDP in 2010.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.5 |
| 2021 | 6.45 |
| 2010 | 1.47 |
| 2009 | 1.99 |
| 2008 | 2.01 |
| 2007 | 1.96 |
| 2006 | 1.75 |
| 2005 | 1.99 |
| 2004 | 2.43 |
| 2003 | 3.33 |
| 2002 | 3.93 |
| 1991 | 13.01 |
| 1990 | 10.74 |
| 1989 | 13.08 |
| 1988 | 16.27 |
| 1987 | 15.89 |
| 1985 | 24.85 |
| 1984 | 12.73 |
| 1983 | 13.96 |
| 1982 | 19.28 |
| 1981 | 12.22 |
| 1980 | 7.87 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 spending in US dollars$16.1B in 2022
- Military spending per person$5,428 in 2022
- Military share of state spending26.9% of government spending 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