Employment in services in Qatar
60.4% of employed people in Qatar worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2000.
Qatar, 2025
60.4%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
89th of 182
Employment in services in Qatar over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.4% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 60.1% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 59.3% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 59.2% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 57.8% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 56.2% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 43.8% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 43.3% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 44.3% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 44.2% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 44.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 45.8% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 46.9% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 46.9% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 44.5% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 42.2% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 40.0% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 38.9% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 45.8% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 55.5% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 56.1% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 56.2% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 57.6% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 58.4% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 59.3% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 60.1% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 44.6%, the figure has changed by +15.7 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Qatar has the 89th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Qatar
All statistics for Qatar
Employment in agriculture
1.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
38.0%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
0.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
0.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
87.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
61.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT