Qatar: Employed population aged 15 and above by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and sector of economic activity (2020)

	Qataris			non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Agriculture and fishing	29	3	32	28,030	215	28,245	28,059	218	28,277
Mining and quarrying	4,442	1,389	5,831	25,805	1,697	27,502	30,247	3,086	33,333
Manufacturing	2,130	450	2,580	98,116	3,512	101,628	100,246	3,962	104,208
Electricity, gas, water supply and waste management	966	608	1,574	9,586	431	10,017	10,552	1,039	11,591
Construction	874	660	1,534	651,366	9,232	660,598	652,240	9,892	662,132
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles	1,165	421	1,586	219,840	22,022	241,862	221,005	22,443	243,448
Transportation and storage	1,499	618	2,117	121,128	15,619	136,747	122,627	16,237	138,864
Accommodation and food service activities	1,202	944	2,146	65,917	9,772	75,689	67,119	10,716	77,835
Information and communication	1,832	1,111	2,943	17,748	2,951	20,699	19,580	4,062	23,642
Financial and insurance activities	1,792	2,147	3,939	12,865	3,546	16,411	14,657	5,693	20,350
Real estate activities	330	181	511	16,783	1,350	18,133	17,113	1,531	18,644
Professional, scientific and technical activities	653	468	1,121	40,063	8,539	48,602	40,716	9,007	49,723
Administrative and support service activities	745	2,383	3,128	155,003	30,606	185,609	155,748	32,989	188,737
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security	43,732	17,027	60,759	45,378	4,087	49,465	89,110	21,114	110,224
Education	1,986	11,992	13,978	18,779	25,033	43,812	20,765	37,025	57,790
Human health and social work activities	2,065	4,945	7,010	29,741	36,072	65,813	31,806	41,017	72,823
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1,639	768	2,407	7,708	2,980	10,688	9,347	3,748	13,095
Other service activities	92	91	183	12,250	6,206	18,456	12,342	6,297	18,639
Activities of households as employers	0	0	0	65,124	102,116	167,240	65,124	102,116	167,240
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	93	18	111	4,404	2,902	7,306	4,497	2,920	7,417
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: ISIC- Rev. 4.

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.