Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Qatar
Qatar: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 92.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Qatar, 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 92.3% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Qatar peaked at 93.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 37.4%, in 1986.
That places Qatar 35th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37.4% | 37.4% | 37.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 66.7% | 58.8% | 70.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 69.1% | 62.7% | 75.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 90.8% | 86.6% | 93.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More education data for Qatar
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.56 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Qatar?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Qatar was 92.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.4% in 1986.
- How does Qatar rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Qatar ranks 35th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.1%. 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 rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release