Qatar: Economically active population (aged 15 years and above) by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and sector of economic activity (2022)

  Qataris Non-Qataris Total
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 63 0 63 36,893 0 36,893 36,956 0 36,956
Mining and quarrying 4,848 1,785 6,633 25,097 2,425 27,522 29,945 4,210 34,155
Manufacturing 1,583 204 1,787 103,974 2,050 106,024 105,557 2,254 107,811
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 1,257 1,116 2,373 10,559 1,602 12,161 11,816 2,718 14,534
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities 419 173 592 3,814 140 3,954 4,233 313 4,546
Construction 1,489 233 1,722 661,163 6,889 668,052 662,652 7,122 669,774
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 976 828 1,804 221,768 24,945 246,713 222,744 25,773 248,517
Transportation and storage 1,476 1,462 2,938 125,005 14,078 139,083 126,481 15,540 142,021
Accommodation and food service activities 455 1,114 1,569 66,716 21,677 88,393 67,171 22,791 89,962
Information and communication 2,094 1,450 3,544 17,185 3,803 20,988 19,279 5,253 24,532
Financial and insurance activities 2,289 2,583 4,872 16,706 4,523 21,229 18,995 7,106 26,101
Real estate activities 546 441 987 18,408 1,583 19,991 18,954 2,024 20,978
Professional, scientific and technical activities 418 171 589 26,419 5,988 32,407 26,837 6,159 32,996
Administrative and support service activities 282 943 1,225 160,941 28,609 189,550 161,223 29,552 190,775
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 46,303 18,408 64,711 42,584 5,108 47,692 88,887 23,516 112,403
Education 2,880 11,342 14,222 29,446 30,435 59,881 32,326 41,777 74,103
Human health and social work activities 3,299 5,254 8,553 49,497 39,669 89,166 52,796 44,923 97,719
Arts, entertainment and recreation 1,145 1,035 2,180 8,372 2,442 10,814 9,517 3,477 12,994
Other service activities 110 47 157 9,321 4,182 13,503 9,431 4,229 13,660
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use 0 0 0 66,750 101,876 168,626 66,750 101,876 168,626
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies 216 95 311 4,678 2,204 6,882 4,894 2,299 7,193
Total 72,148 48,684 120,832 1,705,296 304,228 2,009,524 1,777,444 352,912 2,130,356

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labour Force Sample Survey 2022

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

The data is taken from Labour Force Survey 2022 (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 in 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).

The survey did not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.

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.

Classification used: ISIC-Rev. 4.

 

The present data refers to the active population, i.e. employed and unemployed. It does not include persons seeking work for the first time.

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

Planning and Statistics Authority

https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx

 

  1. Data availability

 

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

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

 

Last date of access: October 2023.

 

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.

 

Keywords: Qatar, Labour Market, Employment, National & Foreign Labour, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Domestic Workers