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Qatar: Economically inactive population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and education level (2022)

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  Qataris Non-Qataris Total
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Illiterate 387 1,722 2,109 242 844 1,086 629 2,566 3,195
Read & write 2,021 4,889 6,910 729 14,636 15,365 2,750 19,525 22,275
Primary 2,702 6,165 8,867 8,381 17,838 26,219 11,083 24,003 35,086
Preparatory 14,483 18,826 33,309 17,880 25,130 43,010 32,363 43,956 76,319
Secondary 12,406 16,664 29,070 18,379 40,647 59,026 30,785 57,311 88,096
Diploma 47 551 598 585 6,301 6,886 632 6,852 7,484
University and above 4,958 16,257 21,215 3,899 49,090 52,989 8,857 65,347 74,204
Total 37,004 65,074 102,078 50,095 154,486 204,581 87,099 219,560 306,659

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 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.

 

Economically inactive population (outside the labour force)

Individuals aged 15 years and above who are not included in the labour force (as employed or unemployed) and do not supply labour needed to produce economic goods or services, as they are not working, not looking for work, unable to work or not willing to join the labour force during the period of reference.

Inactives can be students, homemakers, pensioners who are unable to work, individuals who are unable to work, who do not want or seek work, and others who are not working for other reasons.

 

Education level: highest level completed.

Classification used: the Directory of Standard Classification of Education, based on UNESCO’s International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).

Information was coded at the five-digit level and tabulated at the broad level only.

 

  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: December 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, Living Conditions, Family Reunification, Education, Foreign & National Populations

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