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Education and workforce distribution

Percent of total population

n Active

n Active, primary

n Active, secondary

n Active, tertiary

n Inactive

n Inactive, primary

n Inactive, secondary

n Inactive, tertiary

Key indicators

Students by field of study Current enrolment Annual Graduates (latest year)Business Perceptions Score (17)

Employment distribution by economic activity and occupation

Percent of population employed in Population by Unemployed population Agriculture Industry Services employment type by former occupation

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

15 and under

1524

2534

3544

4554

5564

65 and over

Human Capital Index 2015 Rank

56(out of 124 countries)

QatarTotal population (1,000s) ............................. 2,351

Working age population (1,000s) ................. 2,010

Tertiary-educated population (1,000s) ............. 332

Aged dependency ratio (%).............................. 1.3

Child dependency ratio (%) ............................ 16.1

Median age of population (years) ...................... 32

GDP per capita (constant 11 US$, PPP) ... 144,427

Labour force participation rate (%) ................. 86.7

Employment-to-population ratio (%) ............... 86.5

Unemployment rate (%) ................................... 0.3

Total .................................................................................. 17,266 .....................................1,969

Agriculture ................................................................................. .........................................

Education ................................................................................ 374 ........................................103

Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction .............................. 2,931 ........................................536

Health and Welfare................................................................ 1,106 ........................................108

Humanities and Arts .............................................................. 4,077 ........................................367

Sciences .............................................................................. 1,239 ........................................125

Services .................................................................................. 196 ..........................................49

Social Sciences, Business, Law ............................................. 4,621 ........................................681

Unspecified........................................................................... 2,722 .........................................

Quality of math/science education .................5.54

Quality of business schools ...........................5.59

Specialized training services ..........................5.29

Capacity to attract talent ...............................5.90

Capacity to retain talent ................................5.78

Total ...................................................................1.2 ..........44.9 ......... 40.7 ...........................................................................86.8 ......................

Managers, professionals and technicians .............0.0 ............6.4 ........... 9.4 Tertiary education requirements ................15.9 .........................0.0

Clerical, service and sales workers ......................0.1 ............3.0 ........... 7.7 Secondary education requirements ...........51.5 .........................0.1

Skilled agricultural and trades workers .................0.2 ..........22.7 ........... 7.9 ............................................0.0

Plant and machine operators, and assemblers ......0.2 ............4.2 ........... 5.3 ............................................0.0

Elementary occupations ......................................0.6 ............8.5 ......... 10.4 Primary education requirements ...............19.5 .........................0.0

Others ................................................................0.0 ............0.0 ........... 0.0 .............................................................................0.0 ......................

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n maxmin range of income group l country score

income group average

Country Score Within Income Group

NOTES

Unless otherwise indicated, Value refers to percentage rates for the corresponding age group that have been rounded to one decimal place for reporting purposes.

Exact values have been used for calculating scores. For further details and explanations, please refer to the Users Guide: How to Read the Country Profiles.1 Survey response on a 1-to-7 scale (1 = worst score, 7 = best score)2 Data on a 0-to-1 scale (0 = best score, 1 = worst score) 3 Data from 1.854 (worst score) to 2.235 (best score)4 Rank number on a list of 189 countries

65 and over556425541524Under 15Overall Index0

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Value Score Rank

Under 15 Age Group 93.12 13Enrolment in education

Primary enrolment rate ....................................95.9 .......... 95.92 ..............66

Secondary enrolment rate ...............................94.9 .......... 94.95 ..............13

Basic education survival rate ...........................97.3 .......... 97.25 ..............25

Secondary enrolment gender gap .................100.0 ........ 100.00 ................1

Quality of education

Quality of primary schools1 ..............................5.65 .......... 77.48 ................9

Vulnerability

Incidence of child labour ..................................... ................ ..............

Value Score Rank

1524 Age Group 65.97 71

Enrolment in education

Tertiary enrolment rate .....................................14.3 .......... 14.26 ..............92

Vocational enrolment rate ..................................1.6 ............ 1.56 ............111

Quality of education

Quality of education system1 ...........................5.82 .......... 80.34 ................3

Youth literacy rate ............................................99.5 .......... 99.54 ..............45

Educational attainment

Primary education attainment rate ...................84.7 .......... 84.74 ............108

Secondary education attainment rate ..............32.7 .......... 32.67 ............107

Economic participation

Labour force participation rate .........................66.2 .......... 66.20 ..............13

Unemployment rate ...........................................1.3 .......... 98.70 ................3

Underemployment rate ....................................... ................ ..............

Not in employment, education

or training rate .................................................9.4 .......... 90.60 ..............20

Long-term unemployment rate ........................19.0 .......... 80.95 ..............32

Skills

Incidence of overeducation ................................. ................ ..............

Incidence of undereducation .............................. ................ ..............

Skill diversity2 ................................................0.239 .......... 76.11 ..............53

Value Score Rank

2554 Age Group 59.07 75Educational attainment

Primary education attainment rate ...................71.4 .......... 71.44 ............105

Secondary education attainment rate ..............41.7 .......... 41.74 ..............93

Tertiary education attainment rate ....................12.9 .......... 12.85 ..............72

Workplace learning

Staff training services1 .....................................5.26 .......... 71.07 ................6

Economic complexity3 .................................0.764 .......... 37.27 ..............94

Economic participation

Labour force participation rate .........................91.8 .......... 91.80 ..............14

Unemployment rate ...........................................0.2 .......... 99.80 ................1

Underemployment rate ....................................... ................ ..............

Employment gender gap .................................61.5 .......... 61.47 ..............69

Skills

High-skilled employment share ........................18.3 .......... 18.30 ..............74

Medium-skilled employment share ..................77.6 .......... 77.60 ............101

Ease of finding skilled employees1...................4.99 .......... 66.45 ................9

Value Score Rank

5564 Age Group 66.94 66Educational attainment

Primary education attainment rate ...................71.0 .......... 71.03 ..............91

Secondary education attainment rate ..............44.2 .......... 44.19 ..............66

Tertiary education attainment rate ....................15.9 .......... 15.90 ..............41

Economic participation

Labour force participation rate .........................70.5 .......... 70.50 ..............31

Unemployment rate ...........................................0.0 ........ 100.00 ................1

Underemployment rate ....................................... ................ ..............

Healthy life expectancy at birth ...........................68 ........ 100.00 ................1

Value Score Rank

65 and Over Age Group 50.65 75Educational attainment

Primary education attainment rate ...................48.4 .......... 48.40 ..............91

Secondary education attainment rate ..............25.9 .......... 25.94 ..............67

Tertiary education attainment rate ......................7.9 ............ 7.90 ..............58

Economic participation

Labour force participation rate .........................32.2 .......... 32.20 ..............37

Unemployment rate ...........................................0.0 ........ 100.00 ................1

Underemployment rate ...................................... ................ ..............

Healthy life years beyond age 65 ..........................3 .......... 89.47 ..............33

Value

Additional IndicatorsInnovation ecosystem

State of cluster development1 ................................................................5.21

University-business R&D collaboration1 ..................................................5.44

Ease of starting a business4 ....................................................................103

Vulnerability

Workers in informal employment ...............................................................

Workers in vulnerable employment ...........................................................0.2

Social safety net1 ...................................................................................5.34

Primary completion rate (poorest | richest quintile) ............................... ,

Public investment

Public spending on education (% of GDP) ..............................................2.45

Internet access in schools1 ....................................................................5.85

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