Food expenditure per person in Qatar

Qatar: Food expenditure per person was 2,649 current US$ in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
2,649 current US$
Change on year
up 66.8%
World rank
31st
of 104 countries
All-time high
2,649 current US$
in 2023
All-time low
1,543 current US$
in 2020
Years of data
7
2017–2023

Food expenditure per person in Qatar, 2017–2023

01.0k2.0k3.0k2017202020232017: 1.8k current US$2018: 1.8k current US$2019: 1.7k current US$2020: 1.5k current US$2021: 1.8k current US$2022: 1.6k current US$2023: 2.6k current US$

Source: USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in current US$.

Analysis

Qatar recorded 2,649 current US$ for food expenditure per person in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of up 66.8% on the previous year and up 50.3% over ten years.

Qatar ranks 31st of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1,731 current US$ 1,674 current US$ 1,762 current US$ 3
2020s 1,890 current US$ 1,543 current US$ 2,649 current US$ 4

Countries ranked near Qatar

  1. 28 Latvia 2,757 current US$ compare
  2. 29 Saudi Arabia 2,701 current US$ compare
  3. 30 Slovakia 2,675 current US$ compare
  4. 33 Spain 2,512 current US$ compare
  5. 34 United Kingdom 2,499 current US$ compare

See the full ranking of 104 places →

More reference data data for Qatar

All data for Qatar →

Frequently asked questions

What is food expenditure per person in Qatar?
Food expenditure per person in Qatar was 2,649 current US$ in 2023, according to USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest food expenditure per person recorded in Qatar?
The highest recorded value was 2,649 current US$ in 2023.
What is the lowest food expenditure per person recorded in Qatar?
The lowest recorded value was 1,543 current US$ in 2020.
How does Qatar rank for food expenditure per person?
Qatar ranks 31st out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
Is food expenditure per person rising or falling in Qatar?
Over the last ten years it is up 50.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Qatar data come from?
The figures come from USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Food expenditure per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

About this data

Indicator
Food expenditure per person
Unit
current US$
Source
USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
104 places, 727 data points, 2017–2023
Last refreshed

Amount of money spend on food in a given year. This only includes food eaten at home, and does not include alcoholic beverages and tobacco.