Qatar: Economically active population (aged 15 years and above) by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and activity sector (2023)

	Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Government Department	52,425	34,662	87,087	59,496	18,207	77,703	111,921	52,869	164,790
Government Company/ Corporation	8,062	6,802	14,864	45,622	18,018	63,640	53,684	24,820	78,504
Mixed	5,906	4,580	10,486	23,155	3,874	27,029	29,061	8,454	37,515
Private	6,509	4,215	10,724	1,524,920	186,051	1,710,971	1,531,429	190,266	1,721,695
Diplomatic/International/ Regional	313	111	424	4,699	2,255	6,954	5,012	2,366	7,378
Non profit	377	328	705	1,717	365	2,082	2,094	693	2,787
Domestic	0	0	0	66,195	101,069	167,264	66,195	101,069	167,264
Total	73,592	50,698	124,290	1,725,804	329,839	2,055,643	1,799,396	380,537	2,179,933

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labour Force Sample Survey 2023

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The data is taken from Labour Force Survey 2023 (yearly synthesis)

Sampling frame : Population Census 2020.
Sample size: 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: The sample was divided into equal parts to collect data monthly. Each month 1/3 of the quarterly data were collected during the first two weeks of the month.
Reference period for the labour force data: the week prior to data collection day.
The survey did not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.
The present data includes the active population, i.e. employed and unemployed. It does not include persons seeking work for the first time

Definition of sectors of activity:

a) Governmental department: Government bodies engaged in administrative or service activities, such as ministries, public schools, public health centers, and hospitals.

b) Government corporation/company: Companies engaged in productive activities whose capital is entirely owned by government, such as Central Bank of Qatar, Qatar Petroleum.

c) Private: Establishments owned by individuals or a group of individuals either Qatari nationals or non-Qataris, whether natural or legal personalities.

d) Mixed: Establishments in which the government shares capital with another party, whether national (such as Qatar National Bank) or foreign (such as Gulf Air Corporation).

e) Diplomatic/International/Regional: Establishments engaged in diplomatic or consulate activities on behalf of other countries or those belonging to regional or international organizations.

f) Domestic sector: Includes all those working in a household for a salary, either males or females, such as housemaids, cooks, drivers, and gardeners.

2. Institution which provides data

Planning and Statistics Authority/ National Planning Council
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx

3. Data availability

Labour Force Surveys (yearly and quarterly data) can be downloaded from PSA’s website, section “Labor Force”, in PDF and Excel format:

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce

Date of access: November 2024.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change;
that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from;
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