Norway vs Qatar: Military spending

Norway

16.09 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Qatar

16.08 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2022

Norway rank

25th

Qatar rank

26th

Military spending over time

Norway
Qatar

How they compare

Norway currently reports 16.09 billion constant 2024 US$ against 16.08 billion constant 2024 US$ in Qatar, a difference of 5.50 million constant 2024 US$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Norway ahead.

Norway ranks 25th and Qatar ranks 26th of 162 countries.

Individual pages

Military spending in Norway
Military spending in Qatar
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Military spending
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 162 places, 8,341 data points, 1949–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.