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

  Qataris Non-Qataris Total
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 62 0 62 37,254 0 37,254 37,316 0 37,316
Mining and quarrying 4,896 1,932 6,828 25,451 2,441 27,892 30,347 4,373 34,720
Manufacturing 1,485 345 1,830 103,366 2,442 105,808 104,851 2,787 107,638
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1,246 1,326 2,572 12,741 1,870 14,611 13,987 3,196 17,183
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 561 297 858 5,996 0 5,996 6,557 297 6,854
Construction 1,485 250 1,735 660,597 8,311 668,908 662,082 8,561 670,643
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 1,119 846 1,965 225,695 26,913 252,608 226,814 27,759 254,573
Transportation and storage 1,981 1,670 3,651 126,417 19,893 146,310 128,398 21,563 149,961
Accommodation and food service activities 548 969 1,517 72,718 21,403 94,121 73,266 22,372 95,638
Information and communication 2,297 1,520 3,817 17,379 4,950 22,329 19,676 6,470 26,146
Financial and insurance activities 2,313 2,798 5,111 16,521 7,389 23,910 18,834 10,187 29,021
Real estate activities 510 266 776 18,223 2,636 20,859 18,733 2,902 21,635
Professional, scientific and technical activities 374 187 561 26,958 5,343 32,301 27,332 5,530 32,862
Administrative and support service activities 392 831 1,223 163,505 32,347 195,852 163,897 33,178 197,075
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 46,432 19,167 65,599 42,496 5,120 47,616 88,928 24,287 113,215
Education 2,894 11,564 14,458 28,598 33,959 62,557 31,492 45,523 77,015
Human health and social work activities 3,362 5,405 8,767 51,562 44,561 96,123 54,924 49,966 104,890
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,213 1,167 2,380 8,537 3,037 11,574 9,750 4,204 13,954
Other service activities 109 47 156 10,896 3,900 14,796 11,005 3,947 14,952
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use 0 0 0 66,195 101,069 167,264 66,195 101,069 167,264
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 313 111 424 4,699 2,255 6,954 5,012 2,366 7,378
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 active population, i.e. employed and unemployed. It does not include persons seeking work for the first time
Classifications used: ISIC Rev. 4.

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, “Labor Force” section, 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;
that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

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