Education in Saudi Arabia 2,778 indicators covering education for Saudi Arabia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School life expectancy, tertiary, female 4.25 years 2024 up 37.7% 42nd School life expectancy, tertiary, male 3.65 years 2024 up 74.1% 20th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.14 GPIA 2024 down 13.6% 119th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 1.8% 2016 down 77.3% 106th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 17.02 years 2024 up 18.2% 31st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.4% 2024 up 1.8% 48th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 84,176 number 2019 up 113.6% 29th 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 10-14 years 367 2024 down 21.2% 77th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,971 2024 down 15.7% 56th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,585 2024 down 23.8% 56th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 92.1% 2018 down 14.2% 160th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 90.9% 2018 down 13.7% 161st Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 35.6% 2024 down 47.9% 42nd School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.8061 years 2024 up 64.0% 168th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.7805 years 2024 up 82.9% 168th School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 GPIA 2024 down 8.8% 51st Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2024 unchanged 2nd Teachers in pre-primary education, male 0 2024 — 170th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 27,629 2024 down 2.2% 45th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.997 GPI 2019 up 3.3% 124th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 30,798 2024 up 3.0% 32nd Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 48.1% 2024 up 18.7% 64th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 33,296 2024 down 24.2% 33rd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 36.6% 95th Number of adults with no formal education by region 186,700 people 2100 down 38.5% 55th Population by level of education 24.36 million people 2100 up 3.3% 31st Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.95 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 5.2% 90th Repeaters, primary, female 1.1% 2018 down 63.9% 108th Repeaters, primary, male 1.3% 2018 down 62.0% 115th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 17.4 years 2024 up 12.9% 32nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 16.75 years 2024 up 22.2% 27th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 6.6% 101st Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 100.0% 2019 unchanged 1st Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 99.1% 2024 up 3.5% 50th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 99.7% 2024 down 0.0% 49th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 3.2% 101st Teachers in pre-primary education, female 23,483 number 2019 up 32.9% 47th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 84.6% 2024 up 64.6% 27th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 91.9% 2024 up 41.4% 25th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.88 GPIA 2024 up 57.1% 31st School enrollment, secondary, private 14.4% 2024 up 2.8% 84th School enrollment, primary 94.5% 2018 up 3.5% 84th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 114th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 2.6% 2016 down 70.7% 100th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 1.1% 2016 down 85.2% 134th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes 97.7% 2024 up 2.6% 28th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 103.5% 2024 up 1.8% 18th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female 96.4% 2024 up 4.8% 32nd Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male 98.3% 2024 up 1.2% 25th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, adjusted gender parity index 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% 43rd Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female 80.9% 2024 up 121.0% 29th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 97.9% 2024 up 3.7% 18th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 96.7% 2024 up 5.8% 19th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 98.6% 2024 up 2.1% 19th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 99.9% 2024 up 0.7% 2nd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.98 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% 30th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 100.0% 2024 up 0.7% 1st Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 unchanged 23rd ← Previous Page 8 of 47 Next →