Primary completion rate, female in Bahrain
Bahrain: Primary completion rate, female was 94.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Bahrain, 1982–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 94.6% for primary completion rate, female in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Bahrain peaked at 104.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 79.6%, in 1983.
That places Bahrain 98th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 82.0% | — |
| 1983 | 79.6% | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 81.3% | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 81.8% | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 82.7% | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 87.1% | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 93.3% | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 101.2% | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 102.4% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 98.0% | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 92.2% | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 86.1% | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 87.6% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 86.0% | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 88.5% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 93.3% | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 95.5% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 99.3% | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 99.9% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 93.5% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 95.2% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 94.2% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 94.3% | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 100.6% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 104.1% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 102.1% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 99.6% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 101.2% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 98.3% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 97.7% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 97.1% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 100.9% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 89.8% | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 94.6% | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 86.1% | 79.6% | 101.2% | 8 |
| 1990s | 91.8% | 86.0% | 102.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 96.3% | 93.5% | 99.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 99.4% | 94.3% | 104.1% | 9 |
| 2020s | 95.1% | 89.8% | 100.9% | 3 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- 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 (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 9,404 (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 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Bahrain?
- Primary completion rate, female in Bahrain was 94.6% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 104.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.6% in 1983.
- How does Bahrain rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Bahrain ranks 98th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.