Lower secondary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Lower secondary completion rate, total was 103.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia is 103.5%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.8% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia peaked at 116.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 43.2%, in 1979.
That places Saudi Arabia 14th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 43.2% | — |
| 2005 | 81.8% | +89.2% |
| 2007 | 86.5% | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 90.7% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 110.1% | +21.4% |
| 2011 | 112.6% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 101.7% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 107.6% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 102.7% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 97.1% | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 99.3% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 116.1% | +16.9% |
| 2024 | 103.5% | -10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.2% | 43.2% | 43.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 86.3% | 81.8% | 90.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 105.8% | 100.0% | 112.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 104.0% | 97.1% | 116.1% | 4 |
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More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.0795 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 143,804 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 100,848 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 944,740 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 4.4 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 1.07 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -4.23 % change on previous year (2022)
- 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, total in Saudi Arabia?
- Lower secondary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia was 103.5% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 116.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.2% in 1979.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for lower secondary completion rate, total?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 14th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, total rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.