Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Primary	30	0	30	102	0	102	132	0	132
Preparatory	45	46	91	117	86	203	162	132	294
Secondary	63	151	214	225	208	433	288	359	647
Diploma	0	0	0	85	32	117	85	32	117
University and above	0	91	91	730	788	1,518	730	879	1,609
Total	138	288	426	1,259	1,114	2,373	1,397	1,402	2,799

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labour Force Sample Survey 2022

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

The data is taken from Labour Force Survey 2022 (yearly synthesis)

Sampling frame: 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.

 

Unemployed:

All persons aged 15 years and over who were, during the week preceding the survey, without work and were willing to work and looking seriously for work.

First time unemployed: persons who never worked previously and were during the week preceding the survey looking actively for work.

Unemployed who previously worked: persons with previous experience work and during the week preceding the survey were actively looking for work.

 

Education level: highest level completed.

Classification used: the Directory of Standard Classification of Education, based on UNESCO’s International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).

Information was coded at the five-digit level and tabulated at the broad level only.

 

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: November 2023.

 

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, Labour Market, Unemployment, National & Foreign Labour, Education

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