POP 3.1 Qatar: Population aged 15 and above by nationality (Qatari/ non-Qatari), sex and education level (2016)

	Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Illiterate	785	2,831	3,616	26,395	4,055	30,450	27,180	6,886	34,066
Read & Write	4,537	5,530	10,067	204,228	33,885	238,113	208,765	39,415	248,180
Primary	7,072	6,568	13,640	370,766	57,824	428,590	377,838	64,392	442,230
Preparatory	16,572	17,361	33,933	533,614	60,381	593,995	550,186	77,742	627,928
Secondary	34,873	26,346	61,219	298,791	75,977	374,768	333,664	102,323	435,987
Pre.U. Diploma	3,139	3,966	7,105	84,720	20,121	104,841	87,859	24,087	111,946
University and above	28,046	36,660	64,706	234,738	107,614	342,352	262,784	144,274	407,058
Total	95,024	99,262	194,286	1,753,252	359,857	2,113,109	1,848,276	459,119	2,307,395

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labor Force Sample survey 2016

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The data is taken from 2016 Labour Force Survey (yearly synthesis)
Sampling frame of LFS 2016: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 60,016 persons, in 9,199 households: 1- Qatari households; 2- Non-Qatari regular (non-collective) households;
Data Collection: The sample was divided into equal parts to collect data monthly. Each month 1/3 of the quarterly data were collected during the first two weeks of the month.
Reference period for the labour force data: the week prior to data collection day.
Population of reference: all Qatari and non-Qatari households present in Qatar on the night of survey, living in normal and collective households.
The collective households are a group of persons not related to each other and sharing living conditions in a residential unit, I.e. labour camps, students living boarding schools, nurses in hospitals… etc. The survey covered the small collective households (includes less than 7 persons) and large collective households (includes 7 persons or more).
The survey did not cover short periods accommodation, i.e. hotels.

2. Institution which provides data

Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics
(http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/pages/default.aspx)

3. Data availability

Available at (PDF format):
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics/Statistical%20Releases/Social/LaborForce/2016/Labour_force_2016_AE.pdf

The Statistics Authority conducted the first labour Force Sample Survey in 2001. Starting from 2006, the execution of these surveys came to be on annual basis. Quarterly publications of Labour Force Surveys’ data are also available since 2012.
2016′ and earlier Labour Force Surveys can be downloaded from MDPS’s website, in PDF and Excel format:
http://www.mdps.gov.qa/en/statistics1/pages/topicslisting.aspx?parent=Social&child=LaborForce
See also Qatar Information Exchange for earlier Labour Force Surveys. QIX has also an interactive data base compiling data on the labour force taken from available surveys:
http://www.qix.gov.qa/portal/page/portal/qix/subject_area/Statistics?subject_area=183

Last date of access: October 2017.