Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral both in Bahrain
Bahrain: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral both was 0.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Bahrain, 2010–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bahrain stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 168.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bahrain peaked at 0.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2010.
Bahrain ranks 37th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral both in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2% | — |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +127.5% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +2.9% |
Bahrain compared with similar countries
- Bahrain's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 71% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bahrain's 0.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7%, 91% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More education data for Bahrain
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.95 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.25 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8,964 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,546 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 14,992 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 109,221 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 122,305 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bahrain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Bahrain was 0.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2010.
- How does Bahrain rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Bahrain ranks 37th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release