Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 82.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia is 82.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia peaked at 82.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 31.8%, in 2000.
That places Saudi Arabia 57th out of 131 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 31.8% | — |
| 2004 | 42.9% | +35.1% |
| 2013 | 60.5% | +40.8% |
| 2017 | 64.8% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 67.2% | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 69.2% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 71.3% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 69.5% | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 71.9% | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 75.7% | +5.3% |
| 2024 | 82.0% | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 37.4% | 31.8% | 42.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 65.4% | 60.5% | 69.2% | 4 |
| 2020s | 74.1% | 69.5% | 82.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 244,652 (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 73.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 23.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia was 82.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.8% in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 57th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release