Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain
Bahrain: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 91.7% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain stood at 91.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain peaked at 92.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 1971.
That places Bahrain 72nd out of 135 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 | 10.2% | 10.2% | 10.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 35.7% | 35.7% | 35.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 66.3% | 66.3% | 66.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 73.1% | 63.9% | 83.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 88.9% | 84.5% | 92.0% | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0059 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain was 91.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 92.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 1971.
- How does Bahrain rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bahrain ranks 72nd out of 135 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. 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 primary 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