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

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  Qataris Non-Qataris Total
  Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Housewife 0 27,471 27,471 0 107,445 107,445 0 134,916 134,916
Student 22,337 28,478 50,815 44,753 43,473 88,226 67,090 71,951 139,041
Disabled 1,471 1,136 2,607 686 1,031 1,717 2,157 2,167 4,324
Retired  11,442 6,916 18,358 0 0 0 11,442 6,916 18,358
Other 1,754 1,073 2,827 4,656 2,537 7,193 6,410 3,610 10,020
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.

 

  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, Foreign & National Populations

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