Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 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 92nd of 133 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 | 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% |
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
- 89 Palestine, State of 0.9638 GPIA compare
- 90 Mauritius 0.9582 GPIA compare
- 91 Macau, China 0.9538 GPIA compare
- 93 North Macedonia 0.9491 GPIA compare
- 94 Singapore 0.9465 GPIA compare
- 95 Viet Nam 0.9398 GPIA 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 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 92nd out of 133 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