Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Qatar
Qatar: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 90.5% in 2022. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Qatar, 2004β2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Qatar stood at 90.5%. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Qatar peaked at 90.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 63.2%, in 2004.
Qatar ranks 78th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 72.6% | 63.2% | 77.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 80.2% | 71.0% | 87.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 90.5% | 90.5% | 90.5% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 91.4% compare
- 76 Brunei Darussalam 91.4% compare
- 77 Fiji, Republic of 91.2% compare
- 79 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 89.8% compare
- 80 Singapore 89.7% compare
- 81 Bahrain, Kingdom of 89.7% compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0052 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Qatar?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Qatar was 90.5% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 90.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.2% in 2004.
- How does Qatar rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Qatar ranks 78th out of 136 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release