Qataris			Non-Qataris			TOTAL
Education level	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Illiterate	173	57	230	38.492	4.878	43.370	38.665	4.935	43.600
Read and Write; Night School	1.441	178	1.619	284.289	39.451	323.740	285.730	39.629	325.359
Primary	4.594	639	5.233	268.608	18.779	287.387	273.202	19.418	292.620
Preparatory	7.125	1.100	8.225	114.113	14.668	128.781	121.238	15.768	137.006
Vocational	111	2	113	22.497	230	22.727	22.608	232	22.840
Secondary	17.175	8.007	25.182	195.154	18.499	213.653	212.329	26.506	238.835
Post. Secondary	1.845	825	2.670	28.783	4.525	33.308	30.628	5.350	35.978
University and Above	13.702	14.100	27.802	119.037	27.104	146.141	132.739	41.204	173.943
Other	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
Total	46.168	24.908	71.076	1.070.973	128.134	1.199.107	1.117.141	153.042	1.270.183

Source: census 2010, QSA

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

 

Reference period for census 2010: the night of April 21st, 2010.

Implementation method: census is based on de jure method; i.e. registering people according to their usual place of residence at time of census.

Populations in transit or visiting Qatar as tourists, as well as residents of public housing or visitors staying in a household for less than two months after night of reference were excluded.

Populations away from usual residence in Qatar for reasons of duty, or on a visit abroad for less than two months, as well as individuals with no personal housing within Qatar staying with a household for more than two months, are counted in their usual/ present residence during census night.

Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within the State’s borders during time of reference, including in labour camps.

 

Data related to work force include individuals of 15 years old or more (born before April 1995) and refer to the week preceding the enumeration period.

 

The employed population here also includes paid trainees.

Employed: The person (15 years or older) engaged in work or who works for profit, whether for his own account, for wages or for a family without being paid, during the week ending on 20/04/2010 provided that working hours should not be less than one hour during that week, and the sick, regular or other temporary leave should not be counted in the absence days.

Trainee getting a salary: The person (15 years or older) who joins any of the training institutes, whether morning or evening study, and gets a salary during the training period

 

 

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA)

(http://www.qsa.gov.qa/eng/index.htm for website in English; http://www.qsa.gov.qa/Ar/index.htm for website in Arabic)

 

3. Data availability

 

None of Qatar censuses or other sources have ever disclosed figures of total population broken down by country of citizenship or even by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari).

For 2010 data have been collected but remain withheld. The census only provides detailed data on population 15 years and above by nationality.

Released parts of census are available on the website of the QSA, in published form in PDF format.

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

Census 2010′ website:

https://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=General&child=Census

2010′ census in Excel or PDF format individual tables:

http://www.qsa.gov.qa/QatarCensus/Census_Results.aspx

 

Date of access: June 2013.

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