As of 2022, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar was the most expensive World Cup of all time, costing the hosts an estimated 220 billion U.S. dollars. This was nearly 19 times more expensive than the previous World Cup, in part due to high infrastructure costs.
Total cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup from 1994 to 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Front Office Sports. (April 10, 2022). Total cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup from 1994 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361481/world-cup-host-total-costs/
Front Office Sports. "Total cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup from 1994 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361481/world-cup-host-total-costs/
Front Office Sports. (2022). Total cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup from 1994 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361481/world-cup-host-total-costs/
Front Office Sports. "Total Cost of Hosting The Fifa World Cup from 1994 to 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361481/world-cup-host-total-costs/
Front Office Sports, Total cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup from 1994 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361481/world-cup-host-total-costs/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Total cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup from 1994 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Front Office Sports, April 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361481/world-cup-host-total-costs/
