Qatar: Population aged 10 and above by nationality (Qatari/non-Qatari), sex and education level (2020)

Age groups Qataris Non-Qataris Total
Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
Illiterate 425 1,566 1,991 17,096 324 17,420 17,521 1,890 19,411
Read and Write \ Night School 10,532 11,864 22,396 184,250 14,400 198,650 194,782 26,264 221,046
Primary 16,375 15,694 32,069 310,477 88,288 398,765 326,852 103,982 430,834
Preparatory \ Vocational 18,131 16,316 34,447 358,697 111,305 470,002 376,828 127,621 504,449
Secondary \ Post. Secondary 30,973 40,989 71,962 401,256 109,912 511,168 432,229 150,901 583,130
University and Above 42,976 40,415 83,391 479,809 203,482 683,291 522,785 243,897 766,682
Total 119,412 126,844 246,256 1,751,585 527,711 2,279,296 1,870,997 654,555 2,525,552

Source: census 2020, PSA

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions
Qatar conducted population censuses in 1970, 1986, 1997, 2004, 2010, 2015 (a “simplified” census) and in 2020.
Reference period for census 2020: December 2020.
Implementation method: Census 2020 was based on administrative records, supplemented by an online self-enumeration platform,
completed with field enumeration.
Population of reference: All Qatari and non-Qatari individuals residing in the country at the time of the survey.

2. Institution which provides data

Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA)
(https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/Pages/default.aspx;
https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/pages/default.aspx).

3. Data availability

Census 2020′ website:
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/Census2020/Pages/default.aspx;
https://www.psa.gov.qa/ar/statistics1/statisticssite/census/census2020/pages/default.aspx
Detailed results of the Census of Population, Housing and Establishments (December 2020) (Excel and PDF formats)
https://bit.ly/cenfinalx
https://bit.ly/cenfinal
Main results of the General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments 2020
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/res/Documents/Census_2020_Res_Summary_En.pdf
https://www.psa.gov.qa/en/statistics1/StatisticsSite/Census/census2020/res/Documents/Census_2020_Res_Summary_Ar.pdf

Date of access: August 2022.