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household debts in Qatar

Gross debt in Qatar

The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. Not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.

The gross debt in Qatar in the period from 1998 to 2021 was between 7.5 billion and 109.2 billion USD. The hightest level within the past 23 years was reached in 2019. However, the liabilities in 2021 have been only 105 billion USD

Based on the number of inhabitants, this is a debt of 39,007 USD per person. For comparison, the average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 33,695 USD.


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Gross debt of the last 23 years in billion USD




YearQatar totalQatar per capitaEU per capita
19987.85 bn USD14,236 USD14,079 USD
199910.14 bn USD17,780 USD14,032 USD
20009.16 bn USD15,468 USD11,232 USD
200110.39 bn USD16,889 USD11,255 USD
20029.23 bn USD14,402 USD12,258 USD
20039.13 bn USD13,389 USD15,286 USD
20049.54 bn USD12,663 USD17,595 USD
20058.52 bn USD9,841 USD18,327 USD
20068.49 bn USD8,303 USD18,877 USD
20077.47 bn USD6,127 USD20,898 USD
200813.09 bn USD9,112 USD24,086 USD
200935.19 bn USD21,263 USD25,361 USD
201038.07 bn USD20,508 USD26,496 USD
201156.16 bn USD27,586 USD29,231 USD
201260.01 bn USD27,325 USD28,174 USD
201361.37 bn USD26,266 USD29,981 USD
201451.37 bn USD20,891 USD30,648 USD
201557.49 bn USD23,811 USD25,918 USD
201670.87 bn USD27,308 USD26,261 USD
201783.08 bn USD30,636 USD27,024 USD
201895.66 bn USD34,575 USD28,448 USD
2019109.17 bn USD38,890 USD27,168 USD
2020104.86 bn USD37,988 USD30,783 USD
2021104.86 bn USD39,007 USD33,695 USD


Comparison of gross debt per capita with the European Union in U.S. dollars



      Qatar       European Union


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