Education in Bahrain 2,896 indicators covering education for Bahrain. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 74.4% 2024 — 37th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 97.8% 2024 — 19th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 96.3% 2024 — 23rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 98.7% 2024 — 16th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 99.5% 2024 — 20th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.98 GPIA 2024 — 30th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 99.5% 2024 — 24th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 — 23rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 91.2% 2019 up 16.7% 49th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 1,162 2023 up 9.1% 125th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 2,550 2023 down 4.8% 134th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 37 2023 down 61.9% 99th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,000 2023 down 12.0% 34th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 89 2023 up 128.2% 140th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 0 2023 — 154th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 188 2023 up 48.0% 38th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 8 2023 — 64th Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2024 up 20.8% 1st Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 81st Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 52nd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 744 number 2019 up 14.6% 112th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.7% 2023 down 26.8% 9th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 37.7% 2024 up 9.1% 30th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.3% 2023 up 23.2% 8th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 99.5% 2024 — 24th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 157th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 37th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9901 GPI 2019 down 3.2% 135th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 2 2023 down 33.3% 171st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 2 2023 down 33.3% 165th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 up 88.6% 88th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 4.5% 2023 down 20.8% 75th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 2.0% 2023 down 9.2% 61st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 68.2% 58th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 36.0% 116th Share of primary school teachers who are women 77.1% 2024 up 3.3% 107th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 36.0% 119th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.0871 GPIA 2024 down 36.1% 197th Share of students studying abroad 8.6% 2023 down 30.4% 66th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 388 2024 — 53rd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 537 2024 — 53rd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 925 2024 — 54th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 42.0% 2024 — 38th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 4 2024 down 50.0% 170th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 unchanged 24th End month of the academic school year 6 2025 unchanged 105th Enrolment in primary education, female 57,026 number 2019 up 25.1% 151st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 100.1% 2024 down 2.6% 37th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 99.5% 2024 down 0.1% 30th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 2.4% 119th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 2018 down 82.3% 157th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 2 2024 down 75.0% 174th Over-age students, primary 2.7% 2018 down 55.1% 131st Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 0 2024 down 100.0% 177th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 3 2024 down 98.3% 172nd 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 Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2019 unchanged 24th ← Previous Page 9 of 49 Next →