Lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain
Bahrain: Lower secondary completion rate, female was 100.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain, 1980–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain stood at 100.1%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain peaked at 104.2% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 49.2%, in 1980.
Bahrain ranks 33rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 49.2% | — |
| 1981 | 54.5% | +10.7% |
| 1982 | 64.4% | +18.2% |
| 1983 | 72.7% | +13.0% |
| 1984 | 72.3% | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 73.7% | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 80.4% | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 94.6% | +17.6% |
| 1992 | 99.0% | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 100.0% | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 94.9% | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 92.6% | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 97.9% | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 94.7% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 91.5% | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 92.6% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 91.1% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 89.7% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 91.7% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 91.9% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 94.9% | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 96.8% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 104.2% | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 102.8% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 96.3% | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 94.7% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 101.0% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 101.9% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 103.2% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 101.3% | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 100.1% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 66.8% | 49.2% | 80.4% | 7 |
| 1990s | 97.1% | 94.6% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 92.6% | 89.7% | 97.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 98.8% | 94.7% | 104.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 101.5% | 100.1% | 103.2% | 3 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 7,252 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2,152 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 31,329 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -1.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 22,981 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain?
- Lower secondary completion rate, female in Bahrain was 100.1% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 104.2% in 2013.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, female recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.2% in 1980.
- How does Bahrain rank for lower secondary completion rate, female?
- Bahrain ranks 33rd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, female rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.