Unemployed population (aged 15 and above) seeking employment by nationality (Qatari/ non-Qatari), sex and education level (2010)

Educational Attainment  QATARIS NON-QATARIS TOTAL POPULATION
Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total
Illiterate 35 24 59 3 0 3 38 24 62
Read and Write & Night School 86 81 167 41 4 45 127 85 212
Primary  227 121 348 82 5 87 309 126 435
Preparatory 208 250 458 73 22 95 281 272 553
Vocational 3 2 5 0 2 2 3 4 7
Secondary 240 971 1,211 109 185 294 349 1,156 1,505
Post. Secondary 5 44 49 0 60 60 5 104 109
University and Above 6 707 713 414 1,775 2,189 420 2,482 2,902
Other  1 0 1 2 0 2 3 0 3
Total 811 2,200 3,011 724 2,053 2,777 1,535 4,253 5,788

Source: census 2010, QSA

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Reference period for census 2010: the night of April 21st, 2010.

Implementation method: census is based on de jure method; i.e. registering people according to their usual place of residence at time of census.

Populations in transit or visiting Qatar as tourists, as well as residents of public housing or visitors staying in a household for less than two months after night of reference were excluded.

Populations away from usual residence in Qatar for reasons of duty, or on a visit abroad for less than two months, as well as individuals with no personal housing within Qatar staying with a household for more than two months, are counted in their usual/ present residence during census night.

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

 

Unemployed population:

Persons aged 15 years and over who were, during the week preceding the survey, without employment, willing to work and looking seriously for a job.

There is a distinction between two kinds of unemployed persons:

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

b) Unemployed who previously worked: They are the persons with a work experience, who during the week preceding the survey were actively looking for a job

 

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA)

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3. Data availability

 

None of Qatar censuses or other sources have ever disclosed figures of total population broken down by country of citizenship or even by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari).

For 2010 data have been collected but remain withheld. The census only provides detailed data on population 15 years and above by nationality.

Released parts of census are available on the website of the QSA, in published form in PDF format.

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

Census 2010′ website:

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

2010′ census in Excel or PDF format individual tables:

http://www.qsa.gov.qa/QatarCensus/Census_Results.aspx

 

Date of access: June 2013.

Date of access: September 2013.