Qataris		Non-Qataris		Total
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females
2006	38,684	19,447	415,235	57,767	453,919	77,214
2007	40,322	21,223	686,430	79,608	726,752	100,831
2008	42,770	24,815	1,002,388	97,928	1,045,158	122,743
2009	45,242	25,402	1,092,844	97,983	1,138,086	123,385
2010*	46,168	24,908	1,070,973	128,134	1,117,141	153,042
2011	49,228	25,145	1,068,083	127,789	1,117,311	152,934
2012	55,609	26,992	1,117,577	140,404	1,173,186	167,396
2013	60,877	30,256	1,284,838	163,169	1,345,715	193,425
2014	62,202	31,282	1,419,940	173,247	1,482,142	204,529
2015	64,101	34,322	1,628,620	226,395	1,692,721	260,717
2016	65,023	36,394	1,716,529	234,467	1,781,552	270,861
2017	66,859	37,057	1,711,444	238,827	1,778,303	275,884
2018	67,610	38,428	1,742,169	246,159	1,809,779	284,587
2019	68,210	39,277	1,754,752	245,462	1,822,962	284,739
2020	70,047	40,238	1,765,660	252,821	1,835,707	293,059
2021	70,247	45,191	1,643,097	262,632	1,713,344	307,823
2022	72,086	48,684	1,705,016	304,103	1,777,102	352,787
2023	73,529	50,698	1,725,507	329,713	1,799,036	380,411
2024	74,854	52,495	1,784,020	328,569	1,858,874	381,064

Source: National Planning Council (NPC). Annual Bulletins of Labour Force Sample Surveys, 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2024; *: census 2010

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The data is taken from the Annual Bulletins of Labour Force Sample Surveys (yearly syntheses, given years, except 2010)

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.
Sampling frame : Population Censuses 2010, 2015 and 2020.
Sample size since 2020: 65,253 persons, in 10,560 households: 1- Qatari households; 2- Non-Qatari regular (non-collective) households;
3- Non-Qatari small collective households or labour gatherings (2 – 6 persons); 4- Non-Qatari large collective households or large labour gatherings (7 persons or more).
The collective households are a group of persons not related to each other and sharing living conditions in a residential unit, I.e. labour camps, students living boarding
schools, nurses in hospitals… etc. The survey covered the small collective households (includes less than 7 persons) and large collective households (includes 7 persons or more).
Data Collection: Labour Force Survey data are collected on a monthly basis, and based on field surveys.
Reference period for the labour force data: the week prior to data collection day.
The survey does not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.

Population of reference: employed population (all sectors).

Employed population:
Persons aged 15 years and 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: 27 April 2026.
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