DOHA: More Qataris are now taking up jobs in the private sector, although their ratio still remains to be a scanty 9.3 per cent, finds the latest Workforce survey conducted by the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA).
Unemployment rate among Qataris fell by 0.8 percent over the past one year, reaching 3.1 percent, against 3.8 percent reported last year, shows the survey.
Unemployment among non-Qataris is estimated to be 0.3 per cent. The total number of unemployed Qataris stood at 2,600 this year, while there are a total of 3,892 non-Qataris who are unemployed, according to official data.
This finding is based on the standards set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to define unemployment, Qatar News Agency reported yesterday, citing QSA data.
No change in the rate of unemployment among non-Qataris, over the past year. The collective ratio of unemployment among Qataris and non-Qataris is estimated to be 0.5 percent- 0.1 per cent among males and 2.8 per cent among females. The survey found a five per cent growth in the number of “economically active” people in the country, over the past one year, reaching 1.3 million this year.
Three out of every 10 Qataris are doing clerical jobs while another three are specialists. Half of the population are employed in trading and construction sectors and a majority of them are non-Qataris.
Some 73.2 percent of Qataris are working in business, administration, education and health sectors- 63.9 percent male and 36.1 percent female.
Three-fourth of the total workforce are employed in the private sector, most of whom are non-Qataris. Qataris working in the private sector are not more than 9.3 percent, with an increase of one percent over the past one year. A majority of the Qataris- 83.7 per cent- are working in public sector, of them 67.2 per cent male and 32.8 percent female.
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