Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Qatar

Gross tertiary enrolment in Qatar was 43.0% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Qatar, 2024 43.0% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +4.8percentage points 2023: 38.2%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Qatar over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period QatarWorld
2024 43.0% 43.6%
2023 38.2% 43.2%
2022 35.1% 42.0%
2021 31.3% 41.1%
2020 23.8% 39.7%
2019 21.1% 38.7%
2018 17.4% 37.9%
2017 16.8% 37.5%
2016 14.8% 37.1%
2015 15.9% 36.6%
2014 17.3% 35.6%
2013 14.9% 33.1%
2012 12.3% 32.3%
2011 12.6% 31.1%
2010 9.6% 29.6%
2009 10.2% 28.3%
2008 11.3% 27.4%
2007 11.8% 26.3%
2006 12.8% 25.7%
2005 14.7% 24.3%
2004 16.9% 23.6%
2003 15.8% 22.8%
2002 17.3% 21.6%
2001 18.7% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.8 percentage points from 38.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 17.3%, the figure has changed by +25.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Qatar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics