Qatar
Military spending per person in Qatar
Military spending per person in Qatar: $2,431 in 1988 and $5,428 in 2022, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- $5,428
- Since 1988
- +$2,997
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $5,428 in 2022, the lowest $1,014 in 2004.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Qatar |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $5,428 |
| 2021 | $4,154 |
| 2010 | $1,134 |
| 2009 | $1,285 |
| 2008 | $1,733 |
| 2007 | $1,446 |
| 2006 | $1,231 |
| 2005 | $1,130 |
| 2004 | $1,014 |
| 2003 | $1,078 |
| 2002 | $1,096 |
| 1991 | $2,002 |
| 1990 | $1,827 |
| 1989 | $2,028 |
| 1988 | $2,431 |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- 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 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