Saudi Arabia's adult literacy rose from 70.8 % in 1992 to 97.9 % in 2024.
Saudi Arabia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 91.9 % in 1979 to 104.0 % in 2024.
Saudi Arabia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Saudi Arabia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 87.9 % in 1992 to 99.9 % in 2024.
Saudi Arabia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 44.0 % in 1979 to 110.7 % in 2024.
Saudi Arabia's tertiary enrolment rose from 19.5 % in 1994 to 83.9 % in 2024.
Saudi Arabia's children out of school, primary fell from 266,642 in 1979 to 17,458 in 2024.
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- Primary completion ratedown −20.5 pts30th of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +5.2 pts28th of 73
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +11.4 pts37th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs24th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.5 yrs70th of 145
- Learning povertydown −7.4 pts44th of 53
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- Education spendingdown −0.7 pts40th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.2 pts40th of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +13.0 %17th of 90
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