Qataris
	15 – 19	20 – 24	25 – 29	30 – 34	35 – 39	40 – 44	45 – 49	50 – 54	55 – 59	60 – 64	65 – 69	70 – 74	75 +	Total
Illiterate	14	14	42	42	56	56	56	224	336	393	646	729	1,008	3,616
Read & Write	336	126	196	84	294	378	700	924	1,330	1,414	1,694	1,218	1,373	10,067
Primary	2,843	518	995	812	714	868	1,148	1,374	1,498	966	1,050	448	406	13,640
Preparatory	16,371	2,367	2,843	1,948	2,465	2,157	2,100	1,624	1,064	504	336	84	70	33,933
Secondary	9,552	20,866	11,091	5,868	4,556	2,997	2,703	1,667	784	505	336	140	154	61,219
Pre.U. Diploma	28	686	1,358	854	700	770	603	561	729	421	282	71	42	7,105
University and above	0	3,922	11,778	9,866	8,798	8,097	7,551	6,528	4,636	2,060	1,008	322	140	64,706
Total	29,144	28,499	28,303	19,474	17,583	15,323	14,861	12,902	10,377	6,263	5,352	3,012	3,193	194,286

 

	Non-Qataris
	15 – 19	20 – 24	25 – 29	30 – 34	35 – 39	40 – 44	45 – 49	50 – 54	55 – 59	60 – 64	65 – 69	70 – 74	75 +	Total
Illiterate	106	3,766	5,179	4,880	7,018	3,565	1,882	1,048	930	1,163	493	120	300	30,450
Read & Write	3,168	19,273	34,777	40,533	40,445	33,331	26,583	19,054	12,965	3,434	3,189	796	565	238,113
Primary	6,037	48,307	86,004	98,217	76,881	42,515	31,416	19,445	14,648	3,052	1,543	387	138	428,590
Preparatory	21,091	66,656	108,079	126,221	114,561	63,845	47,033	22,742	17,654	3,462	2,407	152	92	593,995
Secondary	13,106	55,858	64,878	66,410	65,920	43,577	28,558	17,247	14,870	3,289	752	289	14	374,768
Pre.U. Diploma	473	11,676	18,632	25,346	18,196	12,231	7,617	4,135	4,452	1,408	675	0	0	104,841
University and above	0	31,281	55,716	74,632	62,783	46,544	29,942	19,470	13,832	4,658	2,835	424	235	342,352
Total	43,981	236,817	373,265	436,239	385,804	245,608	173,031	103,141	79,351	20,466	11,894	2,168	1,344	2,113,109

 

	Total population
	15 – 19	20 – 24	25 – 29	30 – 34	35 – 39	40 – 44	45 – 49	50 – 54	55 – 59	60 – 64	65 – 69	70 – 74	75 +	Total
Illiterate	120	3,780	5,221	4,922	7,074	3,621	1,938	1,272	1,266	1,556	1,139	849	1,308	34,066
Read & Write	3,504	19,399	34,973	40,617	40,739	33,709	27,283	19,978	14,295	4,848	4,883	2,014	1,938	248,180
Primary	8,880	48,825	86,999	99,029	77,595	43,383	32,564	20,819	16,146	4,018	2,593	835	544	442,230
Preparatory	37,462	69,023	110,922	128,169	117,026	66,002	49,133	24,366	18,718	3,966	2,743	236	162	627,928
Secondary	22,658	76,724	75,969	72,278	70,476	46,574	31,261	18,914	15,654	3,794	1,088	429	168	435,987
Pre.U. Diploma	501	12,362	19,990	26,200	18,896	13,001	8,220	4,696	5,181	1,829	957	71	42	111,946
University and above	0	35,203	67,494	84,498	71,581	54,641	37,493	25,998	18,468	6,718	3,843	746	375	407,058
Total	73,125	265,316	401,568	455,713	403,387	260,931	187,892	116,043	89,728	26,729	17,246	5,180	4,537	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.

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