Qatar - Budget Deficit 2006
8.40%
−1.41% from 2005
Qatar's budget deficit was 8.40% in 2006, decreased +1.41% from 9.80% in 2005. This was the 161st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tuvalu | -36.82% | -188.1% |
| 2nd | Eritrea | -15.48% | 50.0% |
| 3rd | Kiribati | -12.27% | -23.2% |
| 4th | Lebanon | -10.57% | -23.3% |
| 5th | Burundi | -9.92% | 6.0% |
| 6th | Hungary | -9.27% | -19.0% |
| 7th | Belarus | -7.71% | -14.9% |
| 8th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | -7.36% | -10.0% |
| 9th | Antigua and Barbuda | -6.63% | -54.3% |
| 10th | India | -6.38% | 14.9% |
| 11th | Guyana | -6.16% | 5.8% |
| 12th | Greece | -6.05% | 4.5% |
| 13th | Sri Lanka | -5.91% | 0.3% |
| 14th | Madagascar | -5.71% | -130.7% |
| 15th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -5.45% | 3.3% |
| 16th | Grenada | -5.23% | -680.2% |
| 17th | St. Lucia | -5.01% | 16.6% |
| 18th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -4.91% | -101.4% |
| 19th | Brazil | -4.87% | -44.7% |
| 20th | Jamaica | -4.74% | -47.2% |
| 21st | Guinea-Bissau | -4.57% | 7.8% |
| 22nd | Maldives | -4.52% | 42.1% |
| 23rd | Cabo Verde | -4.32% | 8.0% |
| 24th | Portugal | -4.07% | 33.3% |
| 25th | Mauritius | -3.86% | 8.0% |
| 26th | Jordan | -3.82% | 28.7% |
| 27th | Senegal | -3.67% | -1,293.5% |
| 28th | Italy | -3.61% | 12.1% |
| 29th | Slovak Republic | -3.57% | -25.0% |
| 30th | Poland | -3.53% | 10.2% |
| 31st | Myanmar | -3.42% | 1.8% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | -3.42% | 1.6% |
| 33rd | Tanzania | -3.38% | -3.3% |
| 34th | Barbados | -3.31% | -12.4% |
| 35th | Albania | -3.26% | 5.6% |
| 36th | Gambia, The | -3.19% | 4.1% |
| 37th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -3.12% | 27.4% |
| 38th | Ghana | -3.11% | -65.8% |
| 39th | Mozambique | -3.03% | -47.4% |
| 40th | Japan | -3.03% | 31.7% |
| 41st | Pakistan | -2.79% | -21.8% |
| 42nd | United Kingdom | -2.76% | 12.4% |
| 43rd | France | -2.66% | 24.2% |
| 44th | Austria | -2.61% | -0.8% |
| 45th | Malaysia | -2.60% | 8.2% |
| 46th | Aruba | -2.54% | 14.1% |
| 47th | Seychelles | -2.54% | -701.4% |
| 48th | Malta | -2.46% | 13.0% |
| 49th | Tunisia | -2.33% | 9.8% |
| 50th | Belize | -2.27% | 38.7% |
| 51st | Czechia | -2.19% | 28.6% |
| 52nd | Bangladesh | -2.15% | 10.4% |
| 53rd | Guinea | -2.13% | -101.8% |
| 54th | Kyrgyz Republic | -2.10% | 44.7% |
| 55th | United States | -2.04% | 33.8% |
| 56th | Croatia | -2.01% | 38.0% |
| 57th | Armenia | -1.95% | 1.3% |
| 58th | Togo | -1.95% | -16.7% |
| 59th | Guatemala | -1.88% | -12.5% |
| 60th | Morocco | -1.80% | 67.0% |
| 61st | Germany | -1.76% | 47.9% |
| 62nd | Dominican Republic | -1.69% | -136.3% |
| 63rd | Comoros | -1.51% | -6.6% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | -1.48% | 41.7% |
| 65th | Andorra | -1.44% | -1,672.8% |
| 66th | Zimbabwe | -1.40% | 59.6% |
| 67th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -1.37% | 60.3% |
| 68th | Ukraine | -1.37% | 40.1% |
| 69th | Romania | -1.36% | -97.1% |
| 70th | Honduras | -1.36% | -4,006.1% |
| 71st | Sudan | -1.32% | 29.5% |
| 72nd | Slovenia | -1.26% | 8.8% |
| 73rd | Mexico | -1.23% | 14.5% |
| 74th | China | -1.13% | 18.4% |
| 75th | Syrian Arab Republic | -1.12% | 74.6% |
| 76th | Costa Rica | -1.04% | 50.1% |
| 77th | Cyprus | -1.04% | 53.2% |
| 78th | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.03% | -0.9% |
| 79th | Colombia | -0.99% | -4,628.6% |
| 80th | Israel | -0.95% | 65.4% |
| 81st | Sierra Leone | -0.93% | 20.3% |
| 82nd | Haiti | -0.91% | -9.7% |
| 83rd | Serbia | -0.91% | -188.6% |
| 84th | Fiji | -0.76% | 35.8% |
| 85th | Uruguay | -0.64% | -133.0% |
| 86th | Uganda | -0.64% | -274.7% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | -0.51% | -338.5% |
| 88th | Latvia | -0.48% | 54.8% |
| 89th | Samoa | -0.44% | -292.2% |
| 90th | Bahamas, The | -0.44% | 62.0% |
| 91st | Kenya | -0.43% | -123.8% |
| 92nd | Moldova | -0.42% | -129.1% |
| 93rd | Lithuania | -0.27% | 20.9% |
| 94th | Türkiye | -0.22% | 70.9% |
| 95th | Cambodia | -0.15% | 56.1% |
| 96th | Benin | -0.15% | 90.3% |
| 97th | Bhutan | -0.07% | 99.0% |
| 98th | Malawi | -0.05% | 97.1% |
| 99th | Philippines | -0.05% | 97.2% |
| 100th | Rwanda | -0.03% | -102.6% |
| 101st | Netherlands | 0.04% | 108.0% |
| 102nd | Palau | 0.14% | -89.7% |
| 103rd | Viet Nam | 0.20% | 121.1% |
| 104th | Marshall Islands | 0.24% | 101.1% |
| 105th | Nepal | 0.24% | -4.1% |
| 106th | Belgium | 0.24% | 108.8% |
| 107th | Djibouti | 0.26% | 122.2% |
| 108th | Indonesia | 0.45% | -2.4% |
| 109th | Vanuatu | 0.49% | -73.8% |
| 110th | Panama | 0.51% | 123.2% |
| 111th | Suriname | 0.59% | 117.5% |
| 112th | Azerbaijan | 0.66% | -75.8% |
| 113th | Afghanistan | 0.68% | 174.6% |
| 114th | South Africa | 0.81% | 897.1% |
| 115th | Switzerland | 0.85% | 231.0% |
| 116th | Paraguay | 0.91% | 23.4% |
| 117th | Korea | 1.19% | 24.1% |
| 118th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.19% | 165.1% |
| 119th | Tonga | 1.34% | -68.3% |
| 120th | Nicaragua | 1.36% | -20.6% |
| 121st | San Marino | 1.51% | -57.9% |
| 122nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.61% | -34.7% |
| 123rd | Argentina | 1.65% | -50.6% |
| 124th | Chad | 1.70% | 3,313.2% |
| 125th | Australia | 1.77% | 3.7% |
| 126th | Canada | 1.83% | 17.7% |
| 127th | Thailand | 1.87% | -14.1% |
| 128th | Luxembourg | 1.91% | 1,002.8% |
| 129th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 1.97% | 51.2% |
| 130th | Tajikistan | 2.00% | 170.8% |
| 131st | Peru | 2.03% | 565.4% |
| 132nd | Mauritania | 2.05% | 164.9% |
| 133rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.08% | 181.4% |
| 134th | Spain | 2.12% | 72.4% |
| 135th | Singapore | 2.16% | -15.5% |
| 136th | Sweden | 2.20% | 5.4% |
| 137th | Bahrain | 2.24% | -19.8% |
| 138th | Estonia | 2.71% | 154.1% |
| 139th | Uzbekistan | 2.72% | 177.3% |
| 140th | Ireland | 2.78% | 76.8% |
| 141st | Ecuador | 2.92% | 341.9% |
| 142nd | Dominica | 2.93% | 209.2% |
| 143rd | Bulgaria | 3.22% | 47.3% |
| 144th | Georgia | 3.28% | 53.1% |
| 145th | Namibia | 3.41% | 1,203.6% |
| 146th | Finland | 3.93% | 51.6% |
| 147th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 4.00% | 311.9% |
| 148th | Liberia | 4.23% | 936.2% |
| 149th | Montenegro | 4.34% | 406.1% |
| 150th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.47% | 299.1% |
| 151st | New Zealand | 4.62% | -10.0% |
| 152nd | Denmark | 5.29% | 1.6% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | 5.34% | 87.3% |
| 154th | Turkmenistan | 5.64% | 551.6% |
| 155th | Nigeria | 6.22% | 78.5% |
| 156th | Iceland | 6.37% | 29.5% |
| 157th | Chile | 7.51% | 64.4% |
| 158th | Mongolia | 7.59% | 211.5% |
| 159th | Kazakhstan | 7.65% | 25.9% |
| 160th | Russian Federation | 7.80% | 2.7% |
| 161st | Qatar | 8.40% | -14.4% |
| 162nd | Angola | 8.42% | 31.4% |
| 163rd | Central African Republic | 8.58% | 296.6% |
| 164th | Eswatini | 8.67% | 621.9% |
| 165th | Gabon | 8.67% | 8.7% |
| 166th | Macao SAR, China | 9.74% | 17.1% |
| 167th | Iraq | 10.72% | 163.5% |
| 168th | Lesotho | 11.57% | 159.5% |
| 169th | Oman | 12.23% | 9.1% |
| 170th | Algeria | 12.87% | 12.6% |
| 171st | Solomon Islands | 12.96% | -3.2% |
| 172nd | Botswana | 13.31% | 28.9% |
| 173rd | Burkina Faso | 14.35% | 393.4% |
| 174th | Congo, Republic of | 15.96% | 19.1% |
| 175th | Zambia | 16.91% | 813.0% |
| 176th | Norway | 17.88% | 21.5% |
| 177th | São Tomé and Principe | 17.99% | -32.9% |
| 178th | Brunei Darussalam | 19.78% | 23.6% |
| 179th | United Arab Emirates | 20.15% | 26.0% |
| 180th | Saudi Arabia | 20.82% | 15.8% |
| 181st | Equatorial Guinea | 21.80% | 17.5% |
| 182nd | Mali | 27.78% | 1,105.2% |
| 183rd | Kuwait | 27.99% | -28.1% |
| 184th | Cameroon | 28.21% | 831.5% |
| 185th | Libya | 29.09% | -4.2% |
| 186th | Niger | 31.05% | 2,131.7% |
| 187th | Timor-Leste | 41.03% | 490.9% |
FAQ
What was Qatar's budget deficit in 2006?▾
Qatar's budget deficit in 2006 was 8.40%. This ranked 161st globally.
How did Qatar's budget deficit change in 2006?▾
Qatar's budget deficit decreased by 14.4% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest budget deficit in 2006?▾
Timor-Leste had the highest budget deficit in 2006 at 41.03%.
What is the budget deficit of Qatar in 2006?▾
The budget deficit of Qatar in 2006 was 8.40%. This ranked 161st globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Qatar's budget deficit?▾
Qatar's budget deficit went from 9.80% in 2005 to 8.40% in 2006, a 14.4% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Qatar matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2006. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 15.1%. View full analysis →
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