Qatar: Population aged 15 and above by nationality (Qatari/ non-Qatari), sex and education level (2015)

	Qataris			Non-Qataris			Total
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Illiterate	964	3,639	4,603	26,924	3,997	30,921	27,888	7,636	35,524
Read & Write	5,339	6,106	11,445	198,851	39,203	238,054	204,190	45,309	249,499
Primary	7,387	7,470	14,857	362,264	60,965	423,229	369,651	68,435	438,086
Preparatory	15,937	16,309	32,246	494,820	60,358	555,178	510,757	76,667	587,424
Secondary	33,803	23,563	57,366	302,633	71,406	374,039	336,436	94,969	431,405
Pre.U. Diploma	2,974	3,582	6,556	63,989	16,668	80,657	66,963	20,250	87,213
University and above	27,399	35,939	63,338	216,446	98,773	315,219	243,845	134,712	378,557
Total	93,803	96,608	190,411	1,665,927	351,370	2,017,297	1,759,730	447,978	2,207,708

Source: Annual Bulletin of Labor Force Sample survey 2015

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

The data is taken from 2015 Labour Force Survey (yearly synthesis)
Sampling frame of LFS 2015: Population Census 2010.
Sample size: 44,756 persons, in 6,953 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

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.
2015′ 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: April 2017.