Qataris	Non-Qataris	Total
2015	Q1	98,454	1,716,244	1,814,698
	Q2	98,550	1,752,629	1,851,179
	Q3	99,143	1,764,494	1,863,637
	Q4	99,912	1,811,960	1,911,872
2016	Q1	100,632	1,900,882	2,001,514
	Q2	100,912	1,870,792	1,971,704
	Q3	101,187	1,972,517	2,073,704
	Q4	101,517	1,946,142	2,047,659
2017	Q1	101,844	2,004,114	2,105,958
	Q2	102,137	1,880,254	1,982,391
	Q3	102,448	1,943,297	2,045,745
	Q4	102,885	1,944,463	2,047,348
2018	Q1	104,430	1,972,116	2,076,546
	Q2	104,866	1,890,655	1,995,521
	Q3	105,808	2,017,178	2,122,986
	Q4	106,761	1,984,460	2,091,221
2019	Q1	107,725	2,040,780	2,148,505
	Q2	108,471	1,940,916	2,049,387
	Q3	108,658	1,946,356	2,055,014
	Q4	108,970	2,020,311	2,129,281
2020	Q1	109,665	2,063,050	2,172,715
	Q2	109,989	2,058,255	2,168,244
	Q3	110,681	2,015,815	2,126,496
	Q4	110,891	1,984,000	2,094,891
2021	Q1	110,877	1,940,667	2,051,544
	Q2	117,119	1,902,039	2,019,158
	Q3	117,890	1,847,256	1,965,146
	Q4	118,234	1,950,885	2,069,119
2022	Q1	118,345	1,966,616	2,084,961
	Q2	118,596	1,948,375	2,066,971
	Q3	118,759	1,982,204	2,100,963
	Q4	119,183	2,044,064	2,163,247
2023	Q1	120,394	2,070,551	2,190,945
	Q2	121,262	1,999,067	2,120,329
	Q3	123,120	2,031,657	2,154,777
	Q4	124,640	2,118,986	2,243,626
2024	Q1	125,402	2,147,884	2,278,286
	Q2	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
	Q3	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
	Q4	127,199	2,156,340	2,283,539

Source: Quarterly Bulletins of Labour Force Sample Surveys, Q1 2015-Q4 2024

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Censuses:

Reference period for census 2015: the night of 20 to 21 April 2015.
Reference period for census 2020: December 2020 (administrative records-based census).
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

Labour force Sample Surveys:
The Statistics Authority conducted the first labor Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis.
Since 2013, data has been collected on a monthly basis and published every 3 months.

Labour Force Sample Surveys	Sampling frame	Sample size		Reference period/ periodicity of data collection
		households	individuals
2015	Census 2010	6,953	44,756	Monthly
2016	Census 2010	9,199	60,016	Monthly
2017	Census 2015	9,200	60,278	Monthly
2018	Census 2015	9,200	60,238	Monthly
2019	Census 2015	8,445	54,948	Monthly
2020	Census 2015	9,200	60,024	Monthly
2021	Census 2015	9,200	59,997	Monthly
2022	Census 2020	10,560	65,253	Monthly
2023	Census 2020	10,560	65,253	Monthly
2024	Census 2020	10,560		Monthly

Reference period for the labor force data: the week prior to the reference date for data collection.
Population of reference: sample of Qatari and non-Qatari households of the following types: i. Qatari households; ii. Non-Qatari households;
iii. Small labor gatherings; iv. Large labor gatherings, present in Qatar on the night of survey/ periods of reference
The collective households are a group of persons not related to each other and sharing living conditions in a residential unit, I.e. labor camps, students living
nurses in hospitals… etc. The survey covered the small collective households (includes less than 7 persons) and large collective households (includes 7 persons or
The survey does not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.

Employed population:
Persons aged 15 years an above, who during the week preceding the survey:
a) Perform a work for a wage, salary, profits or household gains, whether it was in cash or in kind.
b) Are temporarily not employed, however, they still have an official relation with their work

2. Institution which provides data 

National Planning Council (NPC), formerly the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)
https://www.npc.qa/en/pages/default.aspx
https://www.npc.qa/ar/pages/default.aspx

3. Data availability 

Annual and quarterly bulletins of Labour Force Surveys reports can be downloaded from NPC’s website, in PDF and/or Excel formats:
https://www.npc.qa/en/statistics/pages/subjectdetails.aspx#

Last date of access: October 2025.
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Keywords: Qatar, Employment, Female Employment, National Labour, Foreign Labour

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