Saudi Arabia vs Sweden: Share of children in primary school age who are in school

Saudi Arabia

99.5%

in 2024

Sweden

99.4%

in 2024

Saudi Arabia rank

29th

Sweden rank

32nd

Share of children in primary school age who are in school over time

Saudi Arabia currently reports 99.5% against 99.4% in Sweden, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2009 it was Sweden ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 29th and Sweden ranks 32nd of 209 countries.

Indicator: Share of children in primary school age who are in school
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 8,478 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.