Doha, Qatar: The Ministry of Finance announced today that the state general budget registered a deficit of QAR 21.2 billion during the second quarter of 2026.
The Ministry explained, in a statement via its official account on the "X" platform, that total revenues during the second quarter of the current year reached approximately QAR 25.6 billion, while total expenditures reached about QAR 46.8 billion.
The Ministry of Finance added that expenditures during Q2 2026 were distributed as follows: QAR 17.611 billion for salaries and wages, QAR 19.662 billion for current expenditures, while major capital expenditures amounted to QAR 8.748 billion, and minor capital expenditures reached QAR 858 million.
The state general budget had previously recorded a deficit of QAR 10.3 billion during the first quarter of 2026.
