Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bahrain
Bahrain: Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 99.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total 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, total in Bahrain stood at 99.8%.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahrain peaked at 104.8% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 47.4%, in 1980.
Bahrain ranks 26th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 47.4% | — |
| 1981 | 56.8% | +19.8% |
| 1982 | 62.5% | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 68.3% | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 71.7% | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 71.2% | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 78.7% | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 86.1% | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 90.3% | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 88.3% | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 85.3% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 86.0% | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 86.8% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 84.5% | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 80.2% | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 82.2% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 83.4% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 86.4% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 89.1% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 88.7% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 88.4% | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 91.5% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 97.1% | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 104.8% | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 101.2% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 96.9% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 95.5% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 96.7% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 100.8% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 101.3% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 102.6% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 102.5% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.8% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 65.3% | 47.4% | 78.7% | 7 |
| 1990s | 87.5% | 85.3% | 90.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 85.3% | 80.2% | 89.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 97.4% | 88.4% | 104.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 101.6% | 99.8% | 102.6% | 3 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 95.95 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 95.25 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 8,964 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 23 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,546 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 14,992 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 109,221 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 122,305 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 4.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahrain?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Bahrain was 99.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 104.8% in 2013.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.4% in 1980.
- How does Bahrain rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Bahrain ranks 26th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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, total (% 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.