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SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS

Demand for Labour

• 45,623 informal sector (advertisements published in the classified columns) and 9,136 formal sector
(advertisements published by enterprises with their own titles in the paper) advertisements were counted
during the period of January to June 2020.

• More than 80 percent of total job advertisements were published for Service Workers & Shop & Market
Sales Workers, Craft and Related Workers, Elementary Occupations, Technicians and Associate Profes-
sionals, and Plant & Machine Operators and Assemblers categories in 1st half of 2020.
• 63.6 percent of the advertisements were not preferred gender during the 1st half of 2020.
• About 9.2 percent of the advertisements required previous work experience during the 1st half of 2020.

Employment
• About 7.99 million employments was reported during the period of January to June 2020.
• 4,343 employment opportunities have been estimated through BOI approved investments during the
period of January to June 2020.
• 40,581 employees have gone for foreign employment through all sources during the period of January to
June 2020.
• 19.2 percent of departures to Qatar for foreign employment was reported during the 1st half of 2020.

Unemployment
• From the total unemployed persons, 74.2 percent were recorded as undergone no vocational training
during the period of January to June 2020.

• It was reported 3.9 percent unemployment rate for the period of January to June in 2020 while female
unemployment rate was reported as 8.9 percent.

Vocational Training

• 12,886 persons have received 14,607 of National Vocational Qualification Certificates in 147 occupational
categories during January to June 2020.
• It has been seen that 10.5 percent of National Vocational Qualification certificates were obtained through
Recognition of Prior Learning system in 1stb half of 2020.

Note
Following occupational names have been changed,

Mason Construction Craftsman

Carpenter (Building) Wood Craftsmen (Building)
Carpenter (Furniture) Wood Craftsmen (Furniture)

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