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Qatar — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Qatar, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
87.01%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +3.9% since 1990
Labor participation for Qatar was 87.01% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 87.58% in 2022. The lowest was 82.38% in 2004 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.11% per year.
Qatar ranks 1 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Qatar sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
87.01%
First (1990)
83.75%
Change
+3.9%
Highest
87.58%
in 2022
Lowest
82.38%
in 2004
Average
85.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.11%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.01% |
| 2024 | 87.22% |
| 2023 | 87.55% |
| 2022 | 87.58% |
| 2021 | 86.36% |
| 2020 | 87.11% |
| 2019 | 87.43% |
| 2018 | 87.5% |
| 2017 | 87.5% |
| 2016 | 87.48% |
| 2015 | 87.27% |
| 2014 | 86.75% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.