Education in Saudi Arabia 150 indicators covering education for Saudi Arabia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Population ages 15-64 73.3% 2025 up 0.9% 9th Population ages 0-14 23.6% 2025 down 5.8% 105th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 104.0% 2024 up 3.2% 67th Primary education, teachers 244,652 2024 down 29.6% 31st School enrollment, primary, female 104.1% 2024 down 0.1% 60th School enrollment, primary, male 103.8% 2024 up 6.4% 71st Labor force, total 18.38 million 2025 up 37.7% 37th Labor force, female 18.9% 2025 up 55.1% 178th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2021 up 1.9% 33rd School enrollment, secondary 110.7% 2024 up 12.0% 24th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 4.9 per 1,000 2024 down 9.3% 98th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 4 per 1,000 2024 down 20.0% 80th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 36.4% 149th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.8 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% 131st Secondary education, teachers 242,375 2024 down 22.4% 32nd School enrollment, secondary, female 110.8% 2024 up 12.1% 25th School enrollment, secondary, male 110.5% 2024 up 11.8% 24th School enrollment, tertiary 83.9% 2024 up 57.7% 22nd School enrollment, primary, private 15.7% 2024 up 15.3% 87th School enrollment, preprimary 18.3% 2021 up 46.7% 170th School enrollment, tertiary, male 83.6% 2024 up 91.2% 13th School enrollment, tertiary, female 84.2% 2024 up 34.7% 45th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9611 GPI 2021 up 8.5% 155th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2024 down 22.6% 141st Secondary education, teachers, female 119,823 2024 down 24.4% 32nd Primary completion rate, female 99.7% 2024 down 0.0% 47th Primary completion rate, male 99.1% 2024 up 3.5% 48th Government expenditure on education, total 4.5% 2023 down 12.8% 81st Secondary education, general pupils 3.09 million 2018 up 10.7% 29th Lower secondary completion rate, total 103.5% 2024 up 1.8% 14th School enrollment, preprimary, female 19.0% 2021 up 7.3% 168th School enrollment, preprimary, male 17.7% 2021 up 58.0% 168th Government expenditure on education, total 15.6% 2024 — 55th Secondary education, general pupils 47.9% 2018 up 0.0% 169th Lower secondary completion rate, female 104.0% 2024 down 0.5% 16th Lower secondary completion rate, male 103.1% 2024 up 4.1% 12th Children out of school 0.5% 2024 down 91.2% 169th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Primary education, pupils 3.45 million 2024 up 22.8% 46th Secondary education, pupils 3.36 million 2024 up 30.5% 35th Secondary education, vocational pupils 21,120 2018 down 73.5% 111th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,726 2024 down 39.4% 84th Number of under-five deaths, female 1,515 2024 down 38.7% 79th Number of infant deaths, male 1,384 2024 down 41.9% 85th Number of infant deaths, female 1,190 2024 down 41.2% 81st Children out of school, female 0.3% 2024 down 91.3% 170th Children out of school, male 0.8% 2024 down 91.0% 163rd Secondary education, vocational pupils 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 191st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 91.5% 2018 down 13.9% 165th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 45.8% 146th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 9.7% 2025 down 61.9% 52nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 1.5% 2025 down 47.8% 175th Primary education, teachers 58.8% 2024 up 13.9% 154th Repeaters, primary, total 1.2% 2018 down 62.9% 118th Persistence to grade 5, total 85.5% 2018 down 8.9% 104th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 434 2024 down 21.9% 72nd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,585 2024 down 23.8% 56th Page 1 of 3 Next →