Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 93.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 93.3% for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia peaked at 93.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 58.6%, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 72nd of 136 countries on this measure, 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 primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 58.6% | — |
| 2004 | 64.2% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 81.3% | +26.6% |
| 2017 | 81.1% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 90.3% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 88.6% | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 86.6% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 89.3% | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 92.5% | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 93.3% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.4% | 58.6% | 64.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 81.1% | 90.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 90.0% | 86.6% | 93.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 69 North Macedonia 93.8% compare
- 70 Belize 93.6% compare
- 71 Kiribati 93.6% compare
- 73 Chile 92.5% compare
- 74 Palestine, State of 92.0% compare
- 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 91.4% compare
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 primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia was 93.3% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.6% in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 72nd out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release