Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain
Bahrain: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 1.03 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain is 1.03 GPIA, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain peaked at 1.03 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4547 GPIA, in 1971.
Bahrain ranks 5th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4547 GPIA | 0.4547 GPIA | 0.4547 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7518 GPIA | 0.7518 GPIA | 0.7518 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9101 GPIA | 0.8909 GPIA | 0.9336 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9714 GPIA | 0.905 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
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 primary education or higher in Bahrain?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Bahrain was 1.03 GPIA 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 1.03 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4547 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Bahrain rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Bahrain ranks 5th out of 133 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 13.7%. 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 primary 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