Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2006	38,684	19,447	58,131	415,235	57,767	473,002	453,919	77,214	531,133
2007	40,322	21,223	61,545	686,430	79,608	766,038	726,752	100,831	827,583
2008	42,770	24,815	67,585	1,002,388	97,928	1,100,316	1,045,158	122,743	1,167,901
2009	45,242	25,402	70,644	1,092,844	97,983	1,190,827	1,138,086	123,385	1,261,471
2010*	46,168	24,908	71,076	1,070,973	128,134	1,199,107	1,117,141	153,042	1,270,183
2011	49,228	25,145	74,373	1,068,083	127,789	1,195,872	1,117,311	152,934	1,270,245
2012	55,609	26,992	82,601	1,117,577	140,404	1,257,981	1,173,186	167,396	1,340,582
2013	60,877	30,256	91,133	1,284,838	163,169	1,448,007	1,345,715	193,425	1,539,140
2014	62,202	31,282	93,484	1,419,940	173,247	1,593,187	1,482,142	204,529	1,686,671
2015	64,101	34,322	98,423	1,628,620	226,395	1,855,015	1,692,721	260,717	1,953,438
2016	65,023	36,394	101,417	1,716,529	234,467	1,950,996	1,781,552	270,861	2,052,413
2017	66,859	37,057	103,916	1,711,444	238,827	1,950,271	1,778,303	275,884	2,054,187
2018	67,610	38,428	106,038	1,742,169	246,159	1,988,328	1,809,779	284,587	2,094,366
2019	68,210	39,277	107,487	1,754,752	245,462	2,000,214	1,822,962	284,739	2,107,701
2020	70,047	40,238	110,285	1,765,660	252,821	2,018,481	1,835,707	293,059	2,128,766
2021	70,247	45,191	115,438	1,643,097	262,632	1,905,729	1,713,344	307,823	2,021,167
2022	72,086	48,684	120,770	1,705,016	304,103	2,009,119	1,777,102	352,787	2,129,889
2023	73,592	50,698	124,290	1,725,804	329,839	2,055,643	1,799,396	380,537	2,179,933

Source: Annual Bulletins of Labour Force Sample Surveys, 2006 to 2009 and 2011 to 2023; *: census 2010

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Censuses:

Reference period for census 2015: the night of 20 to 21 April 2015.

Reference period for census 2010: the night of 20 to 21 April 2010.

Reference period for census 2020: December 2020 (administrative records-based census).

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

Labour force Sample Surveys:

The Statistics Authority conducted the first labor Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis.

Since 2013, data has been collected on a monthly basis and published every 3 months.

Labour Force Sample Surveys	Sampling frame	Sample size		Reference period/ periodicity of data collection
		households	individuals
2006	based on independent samples drawn from distinct frames of specially constructed PSUs	5,492	31,439	March 2006
2007	nd	5,492	31,439	October 2007
2008	nd	6,104	nd	December 2008
2009	nd	6,109	35,839	October 2009
2011	nd	6,920	35,839	March 2011
2012	Census 2010	6,895	37,629	April 2012
2013	Census 2010	c. 7000	n.d.	Monthly
2014	Census 2010	8,351	53,363	Monthly
2015	Census 2010	6,953	44,756	Monthly
2016	Census 2010	9,199	60,016	Monthly
2017	Census 2015	9,200	60,278	Monthly
2018	Census 2015	9,200	60,238	Monthly
2019	Census 2015	8,445	54,948	Monthly
2020	Census 2015	9,200	60,024	Monthly
2021	Census 2015	9,200	59,997	Monthly
2022	Census 2020	10,560	65,253	Monthly
2023	Census 2020	10,560	65,253	Monthly

Reference period for the labor force data: the week prior to the reference date for data collection.

Population of reference: sample of Qatari and non-Qatari households of the following types: i. Qatari households; ii. Non-Qatari households; iii. Small labor gatherings; iv. Large labor gatherings, present in Qatar on the night of survey/ periods of reference

The collective households are a group of persons not related to each other and sharing living conditions in a residential unit, I.e. labor 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).

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

Employed population:

Persons aged 15 years an above, who during the week preceding the survey:

a) Perform a work for a wage, salary, profits or household gains, whether it was in cash or in kind.

b) Are temporarily not employed, however, they still have an official relation with their work

2. Institution which provides data

Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)

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

3. Data availability

Annual Bulletins of Labour Force Surveys reports can be downloaded from PSA’s website, in PDF and Excel formats:

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

Last date of access: September 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.

Keywords: Qatar, Employment, Female Employment, National Labour, Foreign Labour

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