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Government debt in Qatar

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Qatar's government debt is 41.40 % — #39 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

41.40%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 41.30 %2025: 41.40 %19902008202541.40 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#39 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
69 %
85 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
40.40 pp
peak 81.80 % in 1999
Full series
▲ 28.80 pp
since 1990

In Asia: #17 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −13.15 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Qatar: ahead of 69 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtQatar 41.40 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Qatar is ahead of 69 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Qatar
37 Indonesia41.00 %−0.40 pp
38 Honduras41.20 %−0.20 pp
39 Qatar41.40 %—
40 Chile41.80 %+0.40 pp
41 Bangladesh42.00 %+0.60 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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