Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.9503 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.9503 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.9503 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6369 GPIA, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 93rd of 134 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 … primary gender in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6369 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.7901 GPIA | +24.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8701 GPIA | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8919 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.884 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9019 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9072 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9094 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9135 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9326 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9503 GPIA | +1.9% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 0.9503 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9992 GPIA, 95% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 0.9503 GPIA is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9571 GPIA, 99% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7135 GPIA | 0.6369 GPIA | 0.7901 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.887 GPIA | 0.8701 GPIA | 0.9019 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9226 GPIA | 0.9072 GPIA | 0.9503 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.72 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.47 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 242,375 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 26,900 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 215,559 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 214,840 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.36 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 3.45 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2022)
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 0.9503 GPIA 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 0.9503 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6369 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 93rd out of 134 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 9.2%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release