Doha: The labour force in Qatar — economically active — increased by four percent to 1.55 million in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to 1.48m in the third quarter of the year, revealed a Labour Force Sample Survey released by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics yesterday.
According to the survey, 24 percent of the unemployed searched for jobs for more than 12 months.
The survey provides data that serve the Special Data Dissemination Standard, launched by International Monetary Fund, to underline data transparency to help follow up financial and economic conditions of the countries participating in the initiative.
Economic dependency amounted to 32 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, with a slight decrease compared to the third quarter of the year which recorded 34 percent.
The working-age population (15 years and above) amounted to 1.8m. The Qatari working-age population (15 years and above) stood at 181,000 or 10 percent of total working-age population.
The Qatari labour force included 96,000 economically active people, of whom 67 percent are males.
The 25-34 age group registered the highest participation rate (93 percent), and the youth (15-24) participation reached 73 percent.
The total economic participation of the Qatari labour force was 53 percent.
Economic participation of Qatari males and females reached 71 percent and 35 percent, respectively.
The monthly average salary of the working male population rose to QR10,000 and of females to QR8,000.
Job-seekers for more than one year reached 24 percent of the unemployed — from 16 percent in the second quarter and 23 percent in the third quarter.
The economically inactive population constituted 12 percent of the total working-age population, at 216,000 — males and females represented 24 percent and 76 percent, respectively. Survey results show the majority of females are housewives — 65 percent of the economically inactive females, and 75 percent of males are full-time students of the total economically inactive males.
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