Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.9393 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9393
World rank
85th
of 121 countries
All-time high
0.9393
in 2024
All-time low
0.6604
in 2000
Years of data
6
2000–2024
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.9393 for gender ratios for mean years of schooling in 2024. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.9393 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6604, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 85th of 121 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6604 | — |
| 2004 | 0.8307 | +25.8% |
| 2013 | 0.8937 | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9268 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.92 | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9393 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7456 | 0.6604 | 0.8307 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9103 | 0.8937 | 0.9268 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.9296 | 0.92 | 0.9393 | 2 |
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More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Saudi Arabia?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Saudi Arabia was 0.9393 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9393 in 2024.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6604 in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 85th out of 121 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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