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Government debt in Qatar

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Qatar's government debt is 42.50 % — #42 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

42.50%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.4 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Qatar over time

81.80 %45.60 %9.40 %81.80 % · 19999.40 % · 20071990: 12.60 %1991: 21.80 %1992: 19.90 %1993: 46.30 %1994: 54.80 %1995: 50.20 %1996: 57.80 %1997: 54.40 %1998: 76.60 %1999: 81.80 %2000: 51.60 %2001: 59.20 %2002: 47.70 %2003: 38.80 %2004: 30.10 %2005: 19.10 %2006: 13.90 %2007: 9.40 %2008: 11.40 %2009: 36.00 %2010: 30.40 %2011: 33.50 %2012: 32.10 %2013: 30.90 %2014: 24.90 %2015: 35.50 %2016: 46.70 %2017: 51.60 %2018: 52.20 %2019: 62.10 %2020: 72.60 %2021: 58.40 %2022: 42.60 %2023: 42.80 %2024: 41.40 %2025: 42.50 %19902008202542.50 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#42 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
66 %
83 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 1.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
39.30 pp
peak 81.80 % in 1999
Full series
▲ 29.90 pp
since 1990

In Asia: #18 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −12.20 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Qatar: ahead of 66 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtQatar 42.50 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Qatar is ahead of 66 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Qatar
40 Chile41.50 %−1.00 pp
41 Bangladesh42.00 %−0.50 pp
42 Qatar42.50 %—
43 Ethiopia43.30 %+0.80 pp
44 Czech Republic44.20 %+1.70 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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