Qatar
Military spending in US dollars in Qatar
Military spending in US dollars in Qatar: $2.35B in 1980 and $16.1B in 2022, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- $16.1B
- Since 1980
- +$13.7B
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $16.1B in 2022, the lowest $1.44B in 2004.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $16.1B |
| 2021 | $12.7B |
| 2010 | $2.37B |
| 2009 | $2.4B |
| 2008 | $2.71B |
| 2007 | $2.1B |
| 2006 | $1.63B |
| 2005 | $1.52B |
| 2004 | $1.44B |
| 2003 | $1.56B |
| 2002 | $1.55B |
| 1991 | $2.32B |
| 1990 | $2.14B |
| 1989 | $2.37B |
| 1988 | $2.83B |
| 1987 | $2.61B |
| 1985 | $4.77B |
| 1984 | $2.78B |
| 1983 | $2.91B |
| 1982 | $4.85B |
| 1981 | $3.7B |
| 1980 | $2.35B |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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 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