Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bahrain
Bahrain: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 79.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bahrain, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 79.6% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bahrain peaked at 84.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.8%, in 1971.
That places Bahrain 62nd out of 132 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.8% | 16.8% | 16.8% | 1 |
| 1990s | 35.2% | 35.2% | 35.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.7% | 74.7% | 74.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 70.0% | 54.0% | 80.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 79.6% | 84.0% | 4 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,404 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.88 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bahrain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Bahrain was 79.6% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 84.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.8% in 1971.
- How does Bahrain rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Bahrain ranks 62nd out of 132 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. 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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release