Qatar's gross national expenditure (current LCU) was 540.67 billion in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 50.57% from 359.09 billion in 2012 (4.18% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 540.67 billion | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 502.64 billion | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 359.09 billion | 2012 |
| Highest | 549.99 billion | 2019 |
| Lowest | 15.01 billion | 1980 |
| Average since 2013 | 497.56 billion | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 15.01 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Qatar's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 9.7% on 2021 (from 492.81 billion to 540.67 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +12% and a typical year strayed about 15.5% 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 54.4% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.3% in 2020. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 9.01 billion a year. A straight line explains 43% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
What this measures
Gross national expenditure is the sum of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, and gross capital formation. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 43 values
| Year | Gross national expenditure (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 540,673,222,300 |
| 2021 | 492,808,514,800 |
| 2020 | 482,455,362,600 |
| 2019 | 549,985,414,300 |
| 2018 | 533,569,231,800 |
| 2017 | 502,637,804,800 |
| 2016 | 519,829,142,000 |
| 2015 | 468,541,438,300 |
| 2014 | 473,200,538,800 |
| 2013 | 411,940,620,400 |
Gross national expenditure (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 1.92 trillion (2024)
- Algeria — 39.78 trillion (2025)
- Bahrain — 14.61 billion (2024)
- Djibouti — 701.13 billion (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 20.26 trillion (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 292,852 trillion (2025)
- Iraq — 318.92 trillion (2024)
- Israel — 2.06 trillion (2025)
- Kuwait — 40.7 billion (2024)
- Lebanon — 3,151.95 trillion (2024)
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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Qatar's gross national expenditure (current LCU)?
- 540.67 billion in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 3,501% from 15.01 billion in 1980 (8.91% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 549.99 billion in 2019 and the lowest 15.01 billion in 1980.
- Is the latest change in gross national expenditure (current LCU) unusual for Qatar?
- In 2022, Qatar's gross national expenditure (current LCU) rose 9.7% on 2021 (from 492.81 billion to 540.67 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +12% and a typical year strayed about 15.5% 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.
- Where does this data come from?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.DAB.TOTL.CN, 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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