Labour Force (Total) fell 3.22% to 1.98 mil in Qatar in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Qatar reached an all time high of 2.12 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.265 mil in 1990. When compared to Qatar's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Bahrain amounted to 0.819 mil, 27.7 mil in Iran, 16.1 mil in Saudi Arabia and 6.07 mil in United Arab Emirates in 2021.
Qatar has been ranked 125th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | mil | 0.776 | 0.806 | 0.837 | 0.858 | 0.863 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 2.46 | 2.61 | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.24 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | mil | 2.27 | 2.42 | 2.50 | 2.52 | 2.49 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.7 | 69.6 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 1.83 | 1.98 | 2.06 | 2.10 | 2.12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 6.14 | 6.21 | 6.27 | 6.19 | 6.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 6.08 | 6.30 | 6.53 | 6.75 | 6.97 |
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