The number of working age population was nearly 1.7 million of which males made up 1.3 million, females 344,000, and Qataris 172,000 (10%). The economic dependency ratio reached 32.6% and the age dependency ratio 16%. Labor force totaled 1,466,000 and there were 86,000 economically active citizens, of which males constituted 66.7% and females 33.3%.     Economic participation rate formed 86.9%, of which males represented 96.2%, females 50.6%, Qataris 49.9%, Qatari males 67.6%, and Qatari females 32.8%. The 25-34 year old age group has the highest participation rate (93.8%). The participation rate for youth aged 15-24 years comprised 64.1%. Average monthly wage, women earned less than men. The average monthly wage for total employees was about QR9,000. For males it was QR10,000, and did not exceed QR 8,000 for females. The gender equality index score reached 0.78. Unemployment rate has dropped Unemployment rate among labor force participants formed 0.5%. It was 1.7% for Qataris, and 0.7% for the 15-24 year old age group. The percentage of applicants who spent over 12 months looking for a job amounted to 48.8% of the total unemployed. 56.3% of unemployed citizens who have a high school diploma attended training courses. The number of economically inactive population who were of working age (15 to 64 years) comprised 221,000, of which males constituted 170,000 and females 51,000. The percentage of economically active population was 13.1% of the total working age population. More details on consumer price indices are available on QALAM website: www.qix.gov.qa .  For more details: