Qatar's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) was 32.37% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.72 percentage points from 25.66% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 32.37% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 42.31% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 25.66% | 2012 |
| Highest | 76.36% | 1987 |
| Lowest | 24.45% | 2011 |
| Average since 2013 | 38.89% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 35.35% | 1980 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Qatar's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) fell 6.15 percentage points on 2021 (from 38.53% to 32.37%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.95 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 14.83 percentage points in 1986 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.87 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 8% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Closest to Qatar in the 2022 ranking
- Syrian Arab Republic — 1st of 3: 116.96%
- Virgin Islands (US) — 2nd of 3: 103.32%
What this measures
Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
All 43 values
| Year | Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.37 |
| 2021 | 38.53 |
| 2020 | 47.93 |
| 2019 | 41.93 |
| 2018 | 38.34 |
| 2017 | 42.31 |
| 2016 | 44.63 |
| 2015 | 42.52 |
| 2014 | 31.25 |
| 2013 | 29.12 |
| 2012 |
Final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Qatar
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$55.85 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$39.67 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$3.03 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 1.41% (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$215.56 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 784.64 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$183.49 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 736.64 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$72,525 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 263,991 (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Qatar's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)?
- 32.37% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is down 2.97 percentage points from 35.35% in 1980. The highest value was 76.36% in 1987 and the lowest 24.45% in 2011.
- Is the latest change in final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) unusual for Qatar?
- In 2022, Qatar's final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) fell 6.15 percentage points on 2021 (from 38.53% to 32.37%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.95 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.TOTL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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