Qatar vs Taiwan: Military spending

Qatar

16.08 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2022

Taiwan

17.34 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Qatar rank

26th

Taiwan rank

23rd

Military spending over time

Qatar
Taiwan

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 17.34 billion constant 2024 US$ against 16.08 billion constant 2024 US$ in Qatar, a difference of 1.26 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Qatar's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Taiwan ahead.

Qatar ranks 26th and Taiwan ranks 23rd of 162 countries.

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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.