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Qatar — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Qatar, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.13%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -85.1% since 1991
Unemployment for Qatar was 0.13% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 0.87% in 1991. The lowest was 0.10% in 2019 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -5.44% per year.
Qatar ranks 187 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 100%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Qatar sits below it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.13%
First (1991)
0.87%
Change
-85.1%
Highest
0.87%
in 1991
Lowest
0.10%
in 2019
Average
0.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-5.44%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.13% |
| 2024 | 0.13% |
| 2023 | 0.13% |
| 2022 | 0.13% |
| 2021 | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.11% |
| 2017 | 0.14% |
| 2016 | 0.15% |
| 2015 | 0.17% |
| 2014 | 0.2% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.