Education in Bahrain 159 indicators covering education for Bahrain. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 77.6% 2025 up 0.9% 4th Population ages 0-14 18.4% 2025 down 10.2% 133rd Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 96.9% 2024 down 7.2% 139th Primary education, teachers 9,404 2024 up 5.7% 141st School enrollment, primary, female 97.4% 2024 down 7.1% 130th School enrollment, primary, male 96.4% 2024 down 7.3% 145th Labor force, total 919,501 2025 up 18.3% 146th Labor force, female 21.3% 2025 down 1.1% 174th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9942 GPI 2019 down 2.3% 93rd School enrollment, secondary 98.8% 2024 down 5.2% 65th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.1 per 1,000 2024 down 25.0% 160th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.7 per 1,000 2024 down 22.7% 148th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 10.0% 129th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 18.2% 123rd Secondary education, teachers 8,964 2024 down 1.9% 144th School enrollment, secondary, female 97.6% 2024 down 7.0% 76th School enrollment, secondary, male 100.0% 2024 down 3.4% 59th School enrollment, tertiary 58.4% 2024 up 30.3% 67th School enrollment, primary, private 37.7% 2024 up 9.1% 28th School enrollment, preprimary 52.6% 2020 up 4.4% 116th School enrollment, tertiary, male 42.7% 2024 up 31.8% 82nd School enrollment, tertiary, female 79.9% 2024 up 32.7% 53rd School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.09 GPI 2019 up 3.8% 38th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.47 GPI 2024 up 0.3% 19th Secondary education, teachers, female 5,384 2024 up 1.2% 134th Primary completion rate, female 94.6% 2024 down 7.3% 98th Primary completion rate, male 93.6% 2024 down 8.5% 95th Government expenditure on education, total 1.9% 2023 down 20.8% 181st Secondary education, general pupils 92,483 2018 up 40.4% 147th Lower secondary completion rate, total 99.8% 2024 down 1.4% 26th School enrollment, preprimary, female 55.7% 2020 up 10.5% 113th School enrollment, preprimary, male 49.9% 2020 down 0.9% 118th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.4% 2023 down 1.4% 57th Government expenditure on education, total 8.3% 2025 up 13.8% 174th Secondary education, general pupils 51.7% 2018 down 0.8% 39th Lower secondary completion rate, female 100.1% 2024 down 2.6% 33rd Lower secondary completion rate, male 99.5% 2024 down 0.1% 27th Children out of school 4.7% 2024 up 771.4% 84th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 122,305 2024 up 18.8% 150th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Secondary education, pupils 109,221 2024 up 22.3% 150th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 96.7% 2023 up 0.2% 56th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.1% 2023 down 3.0% 55th Secondary education, vocational pupils 6,543 2018 down 45.8% 139th Number of under-five deaths, male 89 2024 up 11.2% 155th Number of under-five deaths, female 82 2024 up 10.8% 147th Number of infant deaths, male 75 2024 up 11.9% 151st Number of infant deaths, female 67 2024 up 9.8% 149th Children out of school, female 4.1% 2024 up 270.2% 106th Children out of school, male 5.4% 2024 up 162.6% 87th Secondary education, vocational pupils 8.1% 2018 down 77.2% 188th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 89.2% 2018 up 3.0% 171st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.1% 2025 down 5.3% 180th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 3.6% 2025 down 3.9% 136th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 0.4% 2025 down 6.5% 184th Primary education, teachers 77.1% 2024 up 3.3% 101st Repeaters, primary, total 0.3% 2018 down 87.7% 151st Page 1 of 3 Next →