Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 94.8% 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 94.8% 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 0.3% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia peaked at 94.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.7%, in 2000.
That places Saudi Arabia 67th out of 134 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68.7% | — |
| 2004 | 70.0% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 85.6% | +22.4% |
| 2017 | 84.6% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 91.4% | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 93.8% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 91.9% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 89.7% | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 92.4% | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 94.6% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 94.8% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.3% | 68.7% | 70.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 88.9% | 84.6% | 93.8% | 4 |
| 2020s | 92.7% | 89.7% | 94.8% | 5 |
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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 94.8% 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 94.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.7% in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 67th 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 10.8%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release