Qatar's government budget recorded a surplus of QR 0.9 billion ($247 million) in the third quarter, boosting the nine-month surplus in 2021 to QR 4.9 billion, the finance ministry said on Twitter on Monday.
Total revenue for Q3 stood at QR 47 billion, an increase of 20.6% year-on-year, it said.
Expenditure on major projects in Q3-2021 reached QR 16.3 billion. During the first three quarters of 2021, total expenditure on major projects amounted to QR 46.3 billion.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Public Budget Statement for the Third Quarter of 2021 recorded a surplus of QR 0.9 billion. The total budget surplus for the first three quarters in 2021 reached QR 4.9 billion.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOFQATAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MOFQATAR</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Qatar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Qatar</a><br><br>Read more: <a href="https://t.co/FMGv0qooaM">https://t.co/FMGv0qooaM</a> <a href="https://t.co/HPqL7n2bcp">pic.twitter.com/HPqL7n2bcp</a></p>— Ministry of Finance Qatar - ????? ??????? ??? (@MoF_Qatar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoF_Qatar/status/1457647570096955395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Total revenue for Q3-2021 amounted to QR 47.0 billion, which represents an increase of 20.6% compared to the same period last year.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOFQATAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MOFQATAR</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Qatar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Qatar</a><br>Read more: <a href="https://t.co/FMGv0qooaM">https://t.co/FMGv0qooaM</a> <a href="https://t.co/6JrWn6RDNz">pic.twitter.com/6JrWn6RDNz</a></p>— Ministry of Finance Qatar - ????? ??????? ??? (@MoF_Qatar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoF_Qatar/status/1457647687923376136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Expenditure on major projects in Q3-2021 reached QR 16.3 billion. During the first three quarters of 2021, total expenditure on major projects amounted to QR 46.3 billion.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MOFQATAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MOFQATAR</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Qatar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Qatar</a><br><br>Read more: <a href="https://t.co/FMGv0qooaM">https://t.co/FMGv0qooaM</a> <a href="https://t.co/N06KKdqQKv">pic.twitter.com/N06KKdqQKv</a></p>— Ministry of Finance Qatar - ????? ??????? ??? (@MoF_Qatar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MoF_Qatar/status/1457647771905822726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
