Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 26.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saudi Arabia, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saudi Arabia is 26.5%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 18.9% on the previous year and up 90.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saudi Arabia peaked at 26.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2013.
That places Saudi Arabia 149th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.1% | 11.0% | 19.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 21.9% | 16.1% | 26.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More education data for Saudi Arabia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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)
- School enrollment, primary 104.0% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 244,652 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 2.31 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saudi Arabia?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Saudi Arabia was 26.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 26.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2013.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 149th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.