Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total was 8.53 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Saudi Arabia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 8.53 for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Saudi Arabia peaked at 8.53 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.88, in 1960.
That places Saudi Arabia 74th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.88 | — |
| 1965 | 3.07 | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 3.22 | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 3.73 | +15.8% |
| 1980 | 4.26 | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 5.17 | +21.4% |
| 1990 | 5.84 | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 6.34 | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 7.08 | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 7.69 | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 8.53 | +10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.97 | 2.88 | 3.07 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.48 | 3.22 | 3.73 | 2 |
| 1980s | 4.71 | 4.26 | 5.17 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6.09 | 5.84 | 6.34 | 2 |
| 2000s | 7.38 | 7.08 | 7.69 | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.53 | 8.53 | 8.53 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 72 Brunei Darussalam 8.74 compare
- 73 Macao 8.54 compare
- 75 Philippines 8.43 compare
- 75 Qatar 8.43 compare
- 77 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 8.41 compare
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.71 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 18.25 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 430,399 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 77.4 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.0795 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 143,804 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,848 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 944,740 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Saudi Arabia?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total in Saudi Arabia was 8.53 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.53 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.88 in 1960.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 74th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 15+, total is the average years of education completed among people over age 15.