Education in Bahrain

159 indicators covering education for Bahrain.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 97.4% 2023 down 0.5% 44th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 19 2024 down 5.0% 150th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 19 2024 up 18.8% 156th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 30 2024 down 6.2% 161st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 45 2024 down 23.7% 161st
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 89.5% 2018 up 2.5% 167th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 88.8% 2018 up 3.5% 169th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.5% 2100 down 34.6% 82nd
Number of adults with no formal education by region 9,700 people 2100 down 37.4% 123rd
Population by level of education 1.01 million people 2100 up 1.7% 137th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.4% 2018 down 84.5% 143rd
Repeaters, primary, male 0.3% 2018 down 90.1% 149th
School enrollment, secondary, private 28.1% 2024 up 15.7% 42nd
School enrollment, primary 96.7% 2018 up 6.9% 46th
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2024 up 20.8% 1st
Over-age students, primary 2.7% 2018 down 55.1% 131st
Secondary education, teachers 60.1% 2024 up 3.2% 94th
School enrollment, primary, female 95.9% 2018 up 2.6% 48th
School enrollment, primary, male 97.6% 2018 up 11.1% 27th
Over-age students, primary, male 2.4% 2018 down 63.7% 140th
Over-age students, primary, female 2.9% 2018 down 44.0% 120th
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th
Progression to secondary school 99.5% 2017 up 0.4% 37th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 98.1% 2018 up 6.8% 54th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2024 up 19.8% 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2024 up 23.8% 1st
Primary education, pupils 49.4% 2018 up 1.2% 29th
Tertiary education, academic staff 46.9% 2024 up 28.8% 77th
Persistence to grade 5, female 97.6% 2023 up 0.8% 44th
Persistence to grade 5, male 97.3% 2023 down 1.8% 38th
School enrollment, secondary 90.2% 2018 up 6.4% 44th
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 up 20.0% 10th
Progression to secondary school, male 99.4% 2017 up 1.0% 47th
School enrollment, secondary, female 93.8% 2018 up 5.9% 28th
School enrollment, secondary, male 87.0% 2018 up 7.1% 53rd
Progression to secondary school, female 99.6% 2017 down 0.1% 33rd
Literacy rate, youth female 99.5% 2024 24th
Children out of school, primary 5,993 2024 up 1,015.3% 123rd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 97.2% 2018 up 2.4% 51st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 99.0% 2018 up 11.1% 14th
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2024 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 99.5% 2024 23rd
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 11.92 2018 down 1.6% 171st
Literacy rate, youth total 99.5% 2024 19th
Expenditure on secondary education 44.2% 2015 12th
Expenditure on primary education 33.0% 2015 68th
Secondary education, pupils 48.8% 2018 down 1.5% 117th
Children out of school, primary, female 2,504 2024 up 337.0% 129th
Children out of school, primary, male 3,489 2024 up 208.8% 123rd
Literacy rate, adult total 97.8% 2024 18th
Literacy rate, adult male 98.7% 2024 15th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 100.0% 2024 up 101.1% 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education 100.0% 2024 up 20.1% 1st
Adolescents out of school 2.7% 2024 up 675,249.0% 120th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 100.0% 2024 up 119.4% 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 100.0% 2024 up 17.7% 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 100.0% 2024 up 23.6% 1st
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 10.24 2018 down 1.4% 146th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 14.4 2018 down 8.5% 115th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 100.0% 2024 1st