Qatar - Military expenditure

Military expenditure (current USD)

The latest value for Military expenditure (current USD) in Qatar was 1,876,758,000 as of 2010. Over the past 30 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,317,500,000 in 2008 and 616,740,100 in 1980.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another).

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1980 616,740,100
1981 1,059,505,000
1982 1,467,253,000
1983 905,192,300
1984 874,862,700
1985 1,528,874,000
1987 865,412,100
1988 982,554,900
1989 848,461,600
1990 790,796,700
1991 895,631,900
2002 760,989,000
2003 784,615,400
2004 772,362,600
2005 887,500,000
2006 1,065,742,000
2007 1,562,225,000
2008 2,317,500,000
2009 1,948,352,000
2010 1,876,758,000

Military expenditure (current LCU)

The value for Military expenditure (current LCU) in Qatar was 6,831,400,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,435,700,000 in 2008 and a minimum value of 2,255,400,000 in 1980.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

Year Value
1980 2,255,400,000
1981 3,856,600,000
1982 5,340,800,000
1983 3,294,900,000
1984 3,184,500,000
1985 5,565,100,000
1987 3,150,100,000
1988 3,576,500,000
1989 3,088,400,000
1990 2,878,500,000
1991 3,260,100,000
2002 2,770,000,000
2003 2,856,000,000
2004 2,811,400,000
2005 3,230,500,000
2006 3,879,300,000
2007 5,686,500,000
2008 8,435,700,000
2009 7,092,000,000
2010 6,831,400,000

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure (% of GDP) in Qatar was 1.47 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 24.85 in 1985, while its lowest value was 1.47 in 2010.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1980 7.87
1981 12.22
1982 19.28
1983 13.96
1984 12.73
1985 24.85
1987 15.89
1988 16.27
1989 13.08
1990 10.74
1991 13.01
2002 3.93
2003 3.33
2004 2.43
2005 1.99
2006 1.75
2007 1.96
2008 2.01
2009 1.99
2010 1.47

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Qatar was 4.90 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 27.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 4.90 in 2010.

Definition: Military expenditures data from SIPRI are derived from the NATO definition, which includes all current and capital expenditures on the armed forces, including peacekeeping forces; defense ministries and other government agencies engaged in defense projects; paramilitary forces, if these are judged to be trained and equipped for military operations; and military space activities. Such expenditures include military and civil personnel, including retirement pensions of military personnel and social services for personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; military research and development; and military aid (in the military expenditures of the donor country). Excluded are civil defense and current expenditures for previous military activities, such as for veterans' benefits, demobilization, conversion, and destruction of weapons. This definition cannot be applied for all countries, however, since that would require much more detailed information than is available about what is included in military budgets and off-budget military expenditure items. (For example, military budgets might or might not cover civil defense, reserves and auxiliary forces, police and paramilitary forces, dual-purpose forces such as military and civilian police, military grants in kind, pensions for military personnel, and social security contributions paid by one part of government to another.)

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.

See also:

Year Value
1990 25.25
1991 27.90
2002 12.46
2003 11.61
2004 8.42
2005 6.86
2006 6.15
2007 6.98
2008 8.74
2009 6.06
2010 4.90

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade