Employed population by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and sector of economic activity (2010)

Economic activity		Qataris	Non-Qataris	TOTAL EMPLOYED POPULATION
	Males	44	17,026	17,070
01-03  Agriculture and fishing	Females	2	44	46
	Total	46	17,070	17,116
	Males	4,356	79,160	83,516
05-09  Mining and quarrying	Females	705	1,494	2,199
	Total	5,061	80,654	85,715
	Males	722	99,321	100,043
10-33  Manufacturing	Females	56	550	606
	Total	778	99,871	100,649
	Males	1,410	3,265	4,675
35-39  Electricity, gas, water supply and waste management	Females	239	45	284
	Total	1,649	3,310	4,959
	Males	533	503,113	503,646
41-43  Construction	Females	74	2,608	2,682
	Total	607	505,721	506,328
	Males	1,507	135,646	137,153
45-47  Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	Females	352	5,294	5,646
	Total	1,859	140,940	142,799
	Males	525	29,204	29,729
49-53  Transportation and storage	Females	169	4,045	4,214
	Total	694	33,249	33,943
	Males	34	26,152	26,186
55-56  Accommodation and food service activities	Females	10	2,809	2,819
	Total	44	28,961	29,005
	Males	1,602	5,808	7,410
58-63  Information and communication	Females	635	1,069	1,704
	Total	2,237	6,877	9,114
	Males	1,187	6,351	7,538
64-66  Financial and insurance activities	Females	1,265	1,560	2,825
	Total	2,452	7,911	10,363
	Males	351	7,816	8,167
68  Real estate activities	Females	143	316	459
	Total	494	8,132	8,626
	Males	218	18,928	19,146
69-75  Professional, scientific and technical activities	Females	93	1,139	1,232
	Total	311	20,067	20,378
	Males	310	36,431	36,741
77-82  Administrative and support service activities	Females	76	2,364	2,440
	Total	386	38,795	39,181
	Males	29,884	28,484	58,368
84  Public administration and defence	Females	11,960	1,640	13,600
	Total	41,844	30,124	71,968
	Males	1,623	8,944	10,567
85  Education	Females	6,540	9,227	15,767
	Total	8,163	18,171	26,334
	Males	1,124	7,573	8,697
86-88  Human health and social work activities	Females	2,252	7,997	10,249
	Total	3,376	15,570	18,946
	Males	636	3,897	4,533
90-93  Arts, entertainment and recreation	Females	246	453	699
	Total	882	4,350	5,232
	Males	37	4,262	4,299
94-96  Other service activities	Females	77	1,045	1,122
	Total	114	5,307	5,421
	Males	55	48,237	48,292
97-98  Activities of households as employers	Females	5	84,164	84,169
	Total	60	132,401	132,461
	Males	10	1,355	1,365
99  Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	Females	9	271	280
	Total	19	1,626	1,645
	Males	46,168	1,070,973	1,117,141
TOTAL	Females	24,908	128,134	153,042
	Total	71,076	1,199,107	1,270,183

Source: census 2010, QSA

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Reference period for census 2010: the night of April 21st, 2010.

Implementation method: census is based on de jure method; i.e. registering people according to their usual place of residence at time of census.

Populations in transit or visiting Qatar as tourists, as well as residents of public housing or visitors staying in a household for less than two months after night of reference were excluded.

Populations away from usual residence in Qatar for reasons of duty, or on a visit abroad for less than two months, as well as individuals with no personal housing within Qatar staying with a household for more than two months, are counted in their usual/ present residence during census night.

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

 

Data related to work force include individuals of 15 years old or more (born before April 1995) and refer to the week preceding the enumeration period.

 

The employed population here also includes paid trainees.

Employed: The person (15 years or older) engaged in work or who works for profit, whether for his own account, for wages or for a family without being paid, during the week ending on 20/04/2010 provided that working hours should not be less than one hour during that week, and the sick, regular or other temporary leave should not be counted in the absence days.

Trainee getting a salary: The person (15 years or older) who joins any of the training institutes, whether morning or evening study, and gets a salary during the training period

 

 

Economic activities are categorised according to ISIC( Rev. 4) international classification of industries.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA)

(http://www.qsa.gov.qa/eng/index.htm for website in English; http://www.qsa.gov.qa/Ar/index.htm for website in Arabic)

 

3. Data availability

 

None of Qatar censuses or other sources have ever disclosed figures of total population broken down by country of citizenship or even by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari).

For 2010 data have been collected but remain withheld. The census only provides detailed data on population 15 years and above by nationality.

Released parts of census are available on the website of the QSA, in published form in PDF format.

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

Census 2010′ website:

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

2010′ census in Excel or PDF format individual tables:

http://www.qsa.gov.qa/QatarCensus/Census_Results.aspx

 

Date of access: June 2013.