Education in Saudi Arabia

2,778 indicators covering education for Saudi Arabia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.03 years 2019 up 117.6% 28th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 12.8 years 2024 up 7.6% 49th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 107.2% 2024 up 7.4% 28th
Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2018 down 87.6% 174th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.004 number per person 2019 down 31.2% 77th
Teachers in primary education, female 120,830 number 2019 down 14.6% 35th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 6,870 2024 down 46.7% 79th
Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 20,030 2024 up 22.5% 67th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.0562 number per square kilometre 2019 down 14.6% 167th
Net enrollment rates in primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2024 down 4.6% 66th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 down 58.8% 156th
Children out of school, female 0.3% 2024 down 91.3% 170th
Children out of school, male 0.8% 2024 down 91.0% 163rd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 64,094 2024 down 13.2% 35th
Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 196,697 number 2019 up 125.5% 59th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 83.9% 2024 up 57.7% 22nd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 107.3% 2024 up 5.6% 27th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 110.8% 2024 up 12.1% 27th
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 down 3.0% 103rd
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 107.0% 2024 up 9.0% 27th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 110.5% 2024 up 11.8% 25th
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2024 up 0.3% 128th
Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 47.2% 2019 down 9.0% 70th
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.94 years 2024 up 5.1% 41st
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.71 years 2024 up 10.2% 43rd
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 4.2% 68th
School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 3.91 years 2024 up 59.3% 30th
School life expectancy, secondary, female 6.68 years 2024 up 12.7% 67th
School life expectancy, secondary, male 6.51 years 2024 up 16.4% 64th
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.9% 90th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 191st
Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.3% 2018 down 81.7% 166th
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 1st
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 1st
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 2nd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 16.03 years 2019 up 17.5% 39th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 27,629 2024 down 2.2% 50th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7931 years 2024 up 73.2% 176th
Productivity vs. educational attainment 59.88 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 41.5% 23rd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 91.5% 2018 down 13.9% 165th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 49.4% 2024 down 2.6% 150th
Teachers in secondary education, female 119,823 2024 down 24.4% 32nd
Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 0.0% 2024 185th
Teachers in secondary education, male 122,552 2024 down 20.3% 23rd
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% 176th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.0% 2025 down 45.8% 147th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 84.2% 2024 up 34.7% 45th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 83.6% 2024 up 91.2% 13th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 22.6% 143rd
Primary education, teachers 58.8% 2024 up 13.9% 154th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 23,483 number 2019 up 32.9% 51st
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -3.57 % change on previous year 2019 up 48.4% 172nd
Repeaters, primary, total 1.2% 2018 down 62.9% 118th