Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.953 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.953 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.962 GPIA in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.6792 GPIA, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 77th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6792 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.91 GPIA | +34.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8968 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.962 GPIA | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9008 GPIA | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9415 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9127 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8981 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9229 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 0.953 GPIA | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7946 GPIA | 0.6792 GPIA | 0.91 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9253 GPIA | 0.8968 GPIA | 0.962 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9217 GPIA | 0.8981 GPIA | 0.953 GPIA | 4 |
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 upper secondary education or in Saudi Arabia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Saudi Arabia was 0.953 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.962 GPIA in 2017.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6792 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 77th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 upper secondary 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