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Qatar /
Health & Education
HEALTH
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Life expectancy: 74.4 years. Female 77.1, male 71.8
Infant mortality rate: 2.1%
Fertility rate: 3.1 children/woman
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EDUCATION
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Literacy rate: Women 80%, men 79%
Universities: 1
Students: 1% plus 0.2% in foreign universities.
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Qatar has a strong welfare state, and has finally managed to build a full set of institutions with the highest standards: The first full scale hospital opened as late as 1959.
Education is compulsory and free for all in Qatar. There are about 160 primary schools in the country, and 34 secondary schools. Foreign children are attending international schools, with a different curriculum.
The University of Qatar, in Doha, opened in 1973 and had about 8,500 students in the academic year 1996/7. In addition, Qatar has granted scholarships for higher education in other Arab countries, Britain, France and USA, to about 1,200 Qataris.
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By: Tore Kjeilen
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