According to information from Statista, the Qatar World Cup will be the most expensive ever, with the costs amounting to almost $220 billion.
The World Cup in Qatar this year is by far the most expensive one ever, when all expenses are added up, including all money spent on infrastructure as well as the cost of building new stadiums and renovating existing ones.
Qatar has accumulated enormous costs of almost $220 billion, as this infographic from Statista's Martin Armstrong graphically shows. In contrast, the $4.3 billion in expenses for the 2006 World Cup in Germany seem almost insignificant.
However, it is important to remember that the new stadiums in Qatar will only cost between $6.5 billion and $10 billion to build. Although this marks a large increase above the $4 billion initially suggested, the majority of the funds will be used to pay for infrastructure projects that are a part of Qatar 2030's bigger picture. These include building an innovation hub with hote...