Youth unemployment — all countries

Youth unemployment — Qatar

Youth unemployment in Qatar in 2025 — 0.56%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 1.96 pp.

2025 0.56% −0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 2of 182
Period maximum 2.83%2004
Period minimum 0.3%2019

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of labor force aged 15–24

Youth unemployment — Qatar, 1991–2025012319911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 2.52%1992: 2.54%1993: 2.57%1994: 2.62%1995: 2.68%1996: 2.75%1997: 2.76%1998: 2.7%1999: 2.67%2000: 2.66%2001: 2.68%2002: 2.73%2003: 2.79%2004: 2.83%2005: 2.83%2006: 2.73%2007: 1.57%2008: 1.01%2009: 1.16%2010: 1.3%2011: 1.31%2012: 1.48%2013: 1.11%2014: 0.74%2015: 0.57%2016: 0.48%2017: 0.51%2018: 0.31%2019: 0.3%2020: 0.48%2021: 0.69%2022: 0.56%2023: 0.57%2024: 0.57%2025: 0.56%
Change over the period: −1.96 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Qatar 0.56%
World 13.41%
Western Asia computed 18.31%
High-income countries computed 11.17%
Youth unemployment — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.56 −0.01 pp
2024 0.57 −0 pp
2023 0.57 +0.01 pp
2022 0.56 −0.13 pp
2021 0.69 +0.21 pp
2020 0.48 +0.19 pp
2019 0.3 −0.01 pp
2018 0.31 −0.2 pp
2017 0.51 +0.02 pp
2016 0.48 −0.09 pp
2015 0.57 −0.17 pp
2014 0.74 −0.37 pp
2013 1.11 −0.37 pp
2012 1.48 +0.17 pp
2011 1.31 +0.01 pp
2010 1.3 +0.14 pp
2009 1.16 +0.15 pp
2008 1.01 −0.56 pp
2007 1.57 −1.16 pp
2006 2.73 −0.1 pp
2005 2.83 −0.01 pp
2004 2.83 +0.04 pp
2003 2.79 +0.07 pp
2002 2.73 +0.05 pp
2001 2.68 +0.02 pp
2000 2.66 −0.01 pp
1999 2.67 −0.04 pp
1998 2.7 −0.06 pp
1997 2.76 +0.01 pp
1996 2.75 +0.07 pp
1995 2.68 +0.06 pp
1994 2.62 +0.05 pp
1993 2.57 +0.03 pp
1992 2.54 +0.02 pp
1991 2.52

About the indicator

The share of the economically active population aged 15–24 that is unemployed. In almost every country youth unemployment runs two to three times above the overall rate: the young have no experience, and their first entry into the labor market puts them up against more qualified workers. A sharp gap with the overall rate points to structural problems in the transition from school to work.

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