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Employment in services — Qatar

Employment in services in Qatar in 2025 — 60.4%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 4.8 pp.

2025 60.4% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 89of 182
Period maximum 65.2%1991
Period minimum 38.9%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Qatar, 1991–2025304050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 65.2%1992: 64.8%1993: 65.1%1994: 64.5%1995: 64.4%1996: 64.3%1997: 63.1%1998: 62.1%1999: 61.5%2000: 60.5%2001: 59.3%2002: 58.4%2003: 57.6%2004: 56.2%2005: 56.1%2006: 55.5%2007: 45.8%2008: 38.9%2009: 40%2010: 42.2%2011: 44.5%2012: 46.9%2013: 46.9%2014: 45.8%2015: 44.6%2016: 44.2%2017: 44.3%2018: 43.3%2019: 43.8%2020: 56.2%2021: 57.8%2022: 59.2%2023: 59.3%2024: 60.1%2025: 60.4%
Change over the period: −4.8 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Qatar

Qatar 60.4%
World 50.6%
Middle East & North Africa 51.7%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
High-income countries computed 75.2%
Employment in services — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 60.4 +0.2 pp
2024 60.1 +0.8 pp
2023 59.3 +0.1 pp
2022 59.2 +1.4 pp
2021 57.8 +1.5 pp
2020 56.2 +12.5 pp
2019 43.8 +0.5 pp
2018 43.3 −0.9 pp
2017 44.3 +0 pp
2016 44.2 −0.4 pp
2015 44.6 −1.2 pp
2014 45.8 −1.1 pp
2013 46.9 +0 pp
2012 46.9 +2.3 pp
2011 44.5 +2.4 pp
2010 42.2 +2.2 pp
2009 40 +1.1 pp
2008 38.9 −6.9 pp
2007 45.8 −9.7 pp
2006 55.5 −0.6 pp
2005 56.1 −0.1 pp
2004 56.2 −1.4 pp
2003 57.6 −0.8 pp
2002 58.4 −0.9 pp
2001 59.3 −1.2 pp
2000 60.5 −1 pp
1999 61.5 −0.6 pp
1998 62.1 −1 pp
1997 63.1 −1.2 pp
1996 64.3 −0.1 pp
1995 64.4 −0.1 pp
1994 64.5 −0.5 pp
1993 65.1 +0.3 pp
1992 64.8 −0.4 pp
1991 65.2 —

Western Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IL Israel 84.1 CY Cyprus 81.6 JO Jordan 80.8 SA Saudi Arabia 74.4 KW Kuwait 73.5 AE United Arab Emirates 68 IQ Iraq 65.3 BH Bahrain 64.3 QA Qatar 60.4 SY Syria 58.5 TR Türkiye 58.5 YE Yemen 57.3 OM Oman 54.6 AM Armenia 51.7 AZ Azerbaijan 50.2 GE Georgia 49.5
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.

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