Women's labour force participation in Qatar
The ILO estimates that 61.9% of women aged 15 and over in Qatar were in the labour force in 2025.
Qatar, 2025
61.9%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Position in 2025
38th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Qatar over time
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% of women aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Qatar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.9% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 61.8% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 63.3% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 63.5% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 60.6% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 59.5% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 59.1% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 58.4% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 57.6% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 56.8% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 61.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 56.0%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Qatar has the 38th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Qatar
All statistics for Qatar
Labour force participation
87.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
0.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
0.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
86.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
1.6%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
38.0%
2025 · World Bank