# Qatar Government Budget Balance

Qatar Government Budget Balance was 0.7% in 2024, down 4.7 percentage points from 2023.
That is the lowest reading since 2021.
Among the 23 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 5th highest.

- Source agency: Qatar Central Bank
- Makrognosis code: `QA.BUDGET.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: % of GDP
- Coverage: 2016-12-01 to 2024-12-01 (9 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/qatar/government-budget-balance

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 5.4% |
| 2022 | 10.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2% |
| 2020 | −2.0% |
| 2019 | 1.0% |
| 2018 | 2.2% |
| 2017 | −6.6% |
| 2016 | −9.2% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/QA.BUDGET.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/QA.BUDGET.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```