Qatar: Unemployed population (aged 15 and above) by nationality (Qatari/ non-Qatari), sex and education level (2022)

  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.

 

  1. Institution which provides data:

 

Planning and Statistics Authority

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

 

  1. 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