Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Qatar
Qatar: Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in was 70.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
70.6%
Change on year
down 4.6%
World rank
9th
of 83 countries
All-time high
74.0%
in 2023
All-time low
38.4%
in 2021
Years of data
7
2018–2024
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Qatar, 2018–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 70.6% for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and up 29.3% over ten years.
That places Qatar 9th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Qatar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 54.6% | — |
| 2019 | 57.2% | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 54.7% | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 38.4% | -29.9% |
| 2022 | 56.3% | +46.6% |
| 2023 | 74.0% | +31.5% |
| 2024 | 70.6% | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 55.9% | 54.6% | 57.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 58.8% | 38.4% | 74.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 6 British Virgin Islands 85.0% compare
- 7 Malta 79.7% compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 79.0% compare
- 10 Oman 60.7% compare
- 11 Malaysia 52.0% compare
- 12 Madagascar 45.4% compare
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 share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Qatar?
- Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in in Qatar was 70.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 74.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.4% in 2021.
- How does Qatar rank for share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in?
- Qatar ranks 9th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.3%. 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 Share of all students in short-cycle tertiary education enrolled in general programmes, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release