Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Qatar
Qatar: Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population was 1 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Qatar, 1986–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 1 GPIA for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Qatar peaked at 1 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.9332 GPIA, in 1986.
That places Qatar 11th out of 132 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population in Qatar, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 0.9332 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.9802 GPIA | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9465 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9706 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9656 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.979 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9818 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9759 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.991 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9931 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9979 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.999 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.9332 GPIA | 0.9332 GPIA | 0.9332 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9657 GPIA | 0.9465 GPIA | 0.9802 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9883 GPIA | 0.9759 GPIA | 0.999 GPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Qatar
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 14,931 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 83.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Qatar?
- Educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population in Qatar was 1 GPIA in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9332 GPIA in 1986.
- How does Qatar rank for educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population?
- Qatar ranks 11th out of 132 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment: at least some primary (isced 1), population rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release