Qatar leads in GCC for lowest unemployment rate at 0.1% in Q2 of 2024
According to the report, Qatar has the lowest unemployment rates for both men and women in the GCC, at 0.1% for men and 0.4% for women. The report also indicated that male expatriate workers in Qatar make up 84.5%, while females constitute 15.5%. The Qatari citizen workforce shows men representing 58.9% while Qatari women account for 41.11%.
GCC-STAT data further showed that in Q2 2024, Qatar recorded 2.2 million expatriate workers, making up 8.9% of the region's total expatriate workforce.
The report's data are sourced from official statistics agencies in the GCC countries, with Qatar's data being recorded from the National Planning Council (Qatar).
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