Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
2012	68.1	34.6	51.3	97.7	58.4	90.7	95.7	52.4	86.5
2013	70.0	34.7	52.1	97.9	59.0	91.1	96.2	53.1	87.2
2014	68.9	35.0	51.9	97.8	59.4	91.3	96.1	53.7	87.6
2015	68.6	36.1	52.1	97.8	64.9	92.1	96.3	58.7	88.6
2016	68.5	36.9	52.4	98.0	65.6	92.5	96.4	59.4	89.1
2017	68.2	36.7	52.2	97.6	64.5	91.8	96.1	58.5	88.4
2018	68.1	37.1	52.2	97.6	64.2	91.7	96.0	58.5	88.3
2019	67.9	37.6	52.4	97.5	63.7	91.5	96.0	58.2	88.2
2020	66.4	37.0	51.5	97.5	64.3	91.5	95.8	58.4	88.0
2021	66.7	42.0	54.2	97.2	64.2	90.8	95.4	59.6	87.4
2022	66.1	42.9	54.3	97.1	66.4	90.8	95.3	61.7	87.4

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labour Force Sample Survey 2022

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

The data for 2012-2017 is taken from the Labour Force Survey 2017 (yearly synthesis)

The data for 2017-2022 is taken from the Labour Force Survey 2022 (yearly synthesis)

Sampling frame of LFS 2022: 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.

The present data includes active population, i.e. employed and unemployed. It does not include persons seeking work for the first time.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Planning and Statistics Authority

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

 

3. 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: January 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, National & Foreign Labour, National Labour, Foreign Labour, Female Employment

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