Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9348 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.9348 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.9348 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6319 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Saudi Arabia 81st 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6319 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.8169 GPIA | +29.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8603 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.9074 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8687 GPIA | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8928 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8808 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8896 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8972 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9282 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 0.9348 GPIA | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7244 GPIA | 0.6319 GPIA | 0.8169 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8823 GPIA | 0.8603 GPIA | 0.9074 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9061 GPIA | 0.8808 GPIA | 0.9348 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 103.98 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 104.0% (2024)
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 0.9348 GPIA 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 0.9348 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6319 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 81st 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 8.7%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release