Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 39.9% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 39.9% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2024. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 66.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Saudi Arabia peaked at 39.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2000.
That places Saudi Arabia 30th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.5% | — |
| 2004 | 19.4% | +105.3% |
| 2013 | 23.9% | +23.0% |
| 2017 | 30.8% | +28.9% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | -18.2% |
| 2020 | 36.4% | +44.6% |
| 2021 | 34.1% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 36.4% | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 39.2% | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 39.9% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.4% | 9.5% | 19.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 23.9% | 30.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 37.2% | 34.1% | 39.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Saudi Arabia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Saudi Arabia was 39.9% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 39.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 30th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.9%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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