Education in Saudi Arabia 2,778 indicators covering education for Saudi Arabia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, lower secondary education, female 778,347 2025 up 29.0% 58th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.58 million 2025 up 25.2% 59th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 279,672 2025 up 23.0% 51st School age population, last grade of primary education, female 268,853 2025 up 28.4% 53rd School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 548,525 2025 up 25.6% 51st School age population, primary education, male 1.69 million 2025 up 15.4% 48th School age population, primary education, female 1.63 million 2025 up 19.6% 47th School age population, primary education, both sexes 3.32 million 2025 up 17.4% 48th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 279,730 2025 up 6.5% 50th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 270,030 2025 up 10.6% 50th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 549,760 2025 up 8.5% 50th School age population, one year before the official primary entry 275,632 2025 up 1.2% 51st School age population, one year before the official primary entry 266,252 2025 up 5.5% 51st School age population, one year before the official primary entry 541,884 2025 up 3.3% 51st School age population, pre-primary education, male 809,212 2025 down 2.8% 46th School age population, pre-primary education, female 780,739 2025 up 1.7% 46th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 1.59 million 2025 down 0.6% 46th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 3.45 million 2024 up 22.8% 46th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 99.5% 2024 up 5.8% 29th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, pupils 3.45 million 2024 up 22.8% 46th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 3.36 million 2024 up 30.5% 35th Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.0552 units per square kilometre 2022 down 28.5% 156th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 103.8% 2024 up 6.4% 76th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2024 down 5.7% 69th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 104.1% 2024 down 0.1% 65th School life expectancy, primary, male 6.2 years 2024 up 4.3% 72nd School life expectancy, primary, female 6.26 years 2024 down 1.9% 63rd Share of primary-school-age children who are out of school vs. GDP per capita 0.5% 2024 down 91.2% 176th Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 2.26 % change on previous year 2018 up 49.3% 68th School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 5.5% 48th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 107.9% 2019 up 4.5% 28th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 103.6% 2019 up 7.8% 50th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 13.03 years 2019 up 4.4% 30th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 0.961 GPI 2019 up 3.3% 156th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.52 years 2019 up 7.9% 49th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 214,840 2024 up 78.5% 58th Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 215,559 2024 up 90.7% 61st Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 26,900 2024 down 8.0% 68th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per 0.002 units per square kilometre 2022 down 81.7% 162nd Government expenditure on education, total 4.5% 2023 down 12.8% 81st Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per square 0.0042 units per square kilometre 2022 down 65.8% 156th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 1.4% 176th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.1815 number per square kilometre 2019 up 110.1% 180th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita 0.0007 units per person 2018 down 80.3% 168th Secondary education, vocational pupils 21,120 2018 down 73.5% 111th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 242,375 2024 down 22.4% 32nd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.96 % change on previous year 2019 up 5.3% 79th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.1103 units per square kilometre 2022 down 25.0% 168th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.0098 units per square kilometre 2018 down 73.5% 176th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 99.7% 2024 up 3.1% 8th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 110.7% 2024 up 12.0% 26th 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 School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 6.58 years 2024 up 14.2% 62nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.03 years 2019 up 117.6% 28th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 1.15 GPI 2019 down 10.0% 97th ← Previous Page 6 of 47 Next →