Qatar: Employed population aged 15 and above by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and main occupation (2020)

Qataris non-Qataris Total
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Legislators, Senior Officials and Managers 9,946 3,298 13,244 40,235 5,420 45,655 50,181 8,718 58,899
Professionals 17,586 21,500 39,086 157,112 69,535 226,647 174,698 91,035 265,733
Technicians and Associate Professionals 13,899 6,495 20,394 142,715 23,872 166,587 156,614 30,367 186,981
Clerks 21,399 14,561 35,960 73,324 23,185 96,509 94,723 37,746 132,469
Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers 1,345 43 1,388 122,225 43,736 165,961 123,570 43,779 167,349
Skilled Agricultural and Fishery Workers 10 1 11 24,975 118 25,093 24,985 119 25,104
Craft and Related Trades Workers 614 76 690 591,863 3,894 595,757 592,477 3,970 596,447
Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers 1,533 0 1,533 219,818 919 220,737 221,351 919 222,270
Elementary Occupations 934 250 1,184 273,367 118,209 391,576 274,301 118,459 392,760
Total 67,266 46,224 113,490 1,645,634 288,888 1,934,522 1,712,900 335,112 2,048,012

Source: census 2020, PSA

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions
Qatar conducted population censuses in 1970, 1986, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015 (a “simplified” census) and in 2020.
Reference period for census 2020: December 2020.
Implementation method: Census 2020 was based on administrative records, supplemented by an online self-enumeration platform,
completed with field enumeration.
Population of reference: All Qatari and non-Qatari individuals residing in the country at the time of the survey.
Classification used: ISCO-88.

2. Institution which provides data

Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/pages/default.aspx

3. Data availability

Census 2020′ website:
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/Census2020/Pages/default.aspx;
https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/statistics1/statisticssite/census/census2020/pages/default.aspx
Detailed results of the Census of Population, Housing and Establishments (December 2020) (Excel and PDF formats)
https://bit.ly/cenfinalx
https://bit.ly/cenfinal
Main results of the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2020
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/res/Documents/Census_2020_Res_Summary_En.pdf
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/res/Documents/Census_2020_Res_Summary_Ar.pdf

Date of access: August 2022.