Qatar: General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Qatar's general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) rose 4.4% on 2019 (from 117.63 billion to 122.84 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2019), the average change was +6% and a typical year strayed about 13% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 52.2% in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.3% in 1982. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% 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.

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. General government FCE includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees), and most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 40 values

General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• Algeria — 1.59 trillion (2025)
• Bahrain — 2.34 billion (2024)
• Djibouti — 116.27 billion (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 544.5 billion (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 10,151.5 trillion (2025)
• Iraq — 45.94 trillion (2024)
• Israel — 429.29 billion (2025)
• Kuwait — 9.72 billion (2024)
• Lebanon

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 general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)?

122.84 billion in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 597.8% from 17.6 billion in 1980 (4.98% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 128.76 billion in 2015 and the lowest 17.6 billion in 1980.

Is the latest change in general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) unusual for Qatar?

In 2020, Qatar's general government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) rose 4.4% on 2019 (from 117.63 billion to 122.84 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2019), the average change was +6% and a typical year strayed about 13% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.CON.GOVT.KN, 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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