Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita in Qatar
Qatar: Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita was 99.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita in Qatar, 1986–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Qatar stood at 99.3%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Qatar peaked at 99.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 75.6%, in 1986.
That places Qatar 9th out of 89 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 75.6% | 75.6% | 75.6% | 1 |
| 1990s | 83.3% | 83.3% | 83.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 92.7% | 89.0% | 94.7% | 4 |
| 2010s | 97.4% | 96.3% | 98.8% | 7 |
| 2020s | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
More education data for Qatar
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 83.3% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 14,931 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.72 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 98.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Qatar?
- Literacy rate vs. gdp per capita in Qatar was 99.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest literacy rate vs. gdp per capita recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 99.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest literacy rate vs. gdp per capita recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.6% in 1986.
- How does Qatar rank for literacy rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Qatar ranks 9th out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Is literacy rate vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of the population aged 15 years and older who can read and write.