Qataris
	15 – 19		20 – 24		25 – 29		30 – 34		35 – 39		40 – 44		45 – 49		50 – 54		55 – 59		60 – 64		65 – 69		70 – 74		75 +		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Illiterate	0	14	14	0	0	42	14	28	28	28	28	28	14	42	42	182	14	322	85	308	42	604	112	617	392	616	785	2,831
Read & Write	294	42	42	84	70	126	56	28	112	182	140	238	238	462	406	518	476	854	476	938	630	1,064	616	602	981	392	4,537	5,530
Primary	1,568	1,275	462	56	770	225	518	294	392	322	392	476	434	714	702	672	574	924	420	546	308	742	280	168	252	154	7,072	6,568
Preparatory	7,368	9,003	1,373	994	1,933	910	1,150	798	1,401	1,064	883	1,274	1,022	1,078	812	812	252	812	182	322	70	266	70	14	56	14	16,572	17,361
Secondary	5,027	4,525	10,589	10,277	5,726	5,365	3,067	2,801	3,250	1,306	2,045	952	2,157	546	1,373	294	672	112	463	42	210	126	140	0	154	0	34,873	26,346
Pre.U.Diploma	28	0	224	462	602	756	294	560	252	448	294	476	294	309	350	211	322	407	225	196	169	113	57	14	28	14	3,139	3,966
University and above	0	0	1,162	2,760	5,308	6,470	3,462	6,404	3,866	4,932	2,859	5,238	3,334	4,217	3,490	3,038	2,002	2,634	1,443	617	672	336	308	14	140	0	28,046	36,660
Total	14,285	14,859	13,866	14,633	14,409	13,894	8,561	10,913	9,301	8,282	6,641	8,682	7,493	7,368	7,175	5,727	4,312	6,065	3,294	2,969	2,101	3,251	1,583	1,429	2,003	1,190	95,024	99,262

 

	Non-Qataris
	15 – 19		20 – 24		25 – 29		30 – 34		35 – 39		40 – 44		45 – 49		50 – 54		55 – 59		60 – 64		65 – 69		70 – 74		75 +		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Illiterate	14	92	3,269	497	4,653	526	4,656	224	6,822	196	3,212	353	1,558	324	595	453	694	236	549	614	327	166	46	74	0	300	26,395	4,055
Read & Write	1,779	1,389	17,045	2,228	31,220	3,557	34,089	6,444	33,857	6,588	28,994	4,337	24,065	2,518	15,903	3,151	11,360	1,605	2,724	710	2,358	831	376	420	458	107	204,228	33,885
Primary	3,988	2,049	43,119	5,188	75,219	10,785	84,521	13,696	65,140	11,741	36,799	5,716	27,493	3,923	17,420	2,025	12,649	1,999	2,424	628	1,483	60	373	14	138	0	370,766	57,824
Preparatory	13,041	8,050	61,316	5,340	99,147	8,932	113,928	12,293	101,590	12,971	57,634	6,211	43,896	3,137	20,389	2,353	16,812	842	3,329	133	2,288	119	152	0	92	0	533,614	60,381
Secondary	6,489	6,617	43,092	12,766	53,264	11,614	53,996	12,414	52,701	13,219	35,213	8,364	22,446	6,112	14,625	2,622	13,122	1,748	3,019	270	581	171	243	46	0	14	298,791	75,977
Pre.U. Diploma	261	212	8,712	2,964	16,331	2,301	18,678	6,668	15,345	2,851	10,274	1,957	6,066	1,551	3,445	690	3,866	586	1,256	152	486	189	0	0	0	0	84,720	20,121
University and above	0	0	17,680	13,601	38,256	17,460	49,716	24,916	40,953	21,830	31,358	15,186	22,312	7,630	15,092	4,378	12,107	1,725	3,922	736	2,729	106	378	46	235	0	234,738	107,614
Total	25,572	18,409	194,233	42,584	318,090	55,175	359,584	76,655	316,408	69,396	203,484	42,124	147,836	25,195	87,469	15,672	70,610	8,741	17,223	3,243	10,252	1,642	1,568	600	923	421	1,753,252	359,857

 

	Total
	15 – 19		20 – 24		25 – 29		30 – 34		35 – 39		40 – 44		45 – 49		50 – 54		55 – 59		60 – 64		65 – 69		70 – 74		75 +		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Illiterate	14	106	3,283	497	4,653	568	4,670	252	6,850	224	3,240	381	1,572	366	637	635	708	558	634	922	369	770	158	691	392	916	27,180	6,886
Read & Write	2,073	1,431	17,087	2,312	31,290	3,683	34,145	6,472	33,969	6,770	29,134	4,575	24,303	2,980	16,309	3,669	11,836	2,459	3,200	1,648	2,988	1,895	992	1,022	1,439	499	208,765	39,415
Primary	5,556	3,324	43,581	5,244	75,989	11,010	85,039	13,990	65,532	12,063	37,191	6,192	27,927	4,637	18,122	2,697	13,223	2,923	2,844	1,174	1,791	802	653	182	390	154	377,838	64,392
Preparatory	20,409	17,053	62,689	6,334	101,080	9,842	115,078	13,091	102,991	14,035	58,517	7,485	44,918	4,215	21,201	3,165	17,064	1,654	3,511	455	2,358	385	222	14	148	14	550,186	77,742
Secondary	11,516	11,142	53,681	23,043	58,990	16,979	57,063	15,215	55,951	14,525	37,258	9,316	24,603	6,658	15,998	2,916	13,794	1,860	3,482	312	791	297	383	46	154	14	333,664	102,323
Pre.U. Diploma	289	212	8,936	3,426	16,933	3,057	18,972	7,228	15,597	3,299	10,568	2,433	6,360	1,860	3,795	901	4,188	993	1,481	348	655	302	57	14	28	14	87,859	24,087
University and above	0	0	18,842	16,361	43,564	23,930	53,178	31,320	44,819	26,762	34,217	20,424	25,646	11,847	18,582	7,416	14,109	4,359	5,365	1,353	3,401	442	686	60	375	0	262,784	144,274
Total	39,857	33,268	208,099	57,217	332,499	69,069	368,145	87,568	325,709	77,678	210,125	50,806	155,329	32,563	94,644	21,399	74,922	14,806	20,517	6,212	12,353	4,893	3,151	2,029	2,926	1,611	1,848,276	459,119

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labor Force Sample survey 2016
 
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The data is taken from 2016 Labour Force Survey (yearly synthesis)
Sampling frame of LFS 2016: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 60,016 persons, in 9,199  households: 1- Qatari households; 2- Non-Qatari regular (non-collective) households;
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.
Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households present in Qatar on the night of survey, living in normal and collective households.
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).
The survey did not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.

2. Institution which provides data 

Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics
(http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/pages/default.aspx)

3. Data availability 
Available at (PDF format):
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2016/Labour_force_2016_AE.pdf

The Statistics Authority conducted the first labour Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis. Quarterly publications of Labour Force Surveys’ data are also available since 2012.
2016′ and earlier Labour Force Surveys can be downloaded from MDPS’s website, in PDF and Excel format:
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce
See also Qatar Information Exchange for earlier Labour Force Surveys. QIX has also an interactive data base compiling data on the labour force taken from available surveys:
http://www.qix.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/qix/subject_area/Statistics?subject_area=183

Last date of access: October 2017.

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