Education in Saudi Arabia 2,778 indicators covering education for Saudi Arabia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 96.3% 2019 up 19.1% 34th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 18,558 2023 down 56.9% 18th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 25,744 2023 down 52.9% 28th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 1,687 2023 down 65.1% 20th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 2,850 2023 down 35.7% 15th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 735 2023 down 4.2% 80th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 24 2023 up 9.1% 76th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 417 2023 up 64.8% 22nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 32 2023 up 966.7% 38th Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2024 unchanged 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 35,291 number 2019 up 158.2% 25th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 down 11.8% 36th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 15.7% 2024 up 15.3% 90th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 126.1% 36th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 99.8% 2024 up 0.6% 14th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 54.1% 105th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 1,352.9% 74th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9845 GPI 2016 up 0.2% 143rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 8 2023 down 11.1% 127th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 6 2023 up 20.0% 128th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 31.5% 132nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 2.0% 2023 down 35.3% 114th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 1.4% 2023 down 40.9% 79th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 down 52.1% 34th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 48.4% 174th Share of primary school teachers who are women 58.8% 2024 up 13.9% 165th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 17.0% 175th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0 GPIA 2024 — 201st Share of students studying abroad 2.8% 2022 down 49.5% 130th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 5,670 2024 down 71.3% 40th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 0 2024 down 100.0% 58th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 5,670 2024 down 87.1% 44th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 100.0% 2024 up 122.2% 1st Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 9,973 2024 up 12.6% 50th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 9 2025 up 12.5% 24th End month of the academic school year 6 2025 unchanged 105th Enrolment in primary education, female 1.68 million number 2019 up 6.1% 44th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 104.0% 2024 down 0.5% 20th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 103.1% 2024 up 4.1% 15th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.01 GPIA 2024 down 4.1% 111th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 2.2% 2016 down 58.2% 92nd Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 3,483 2024 down 55.0% 74th Over-age students, primary 4.4% 2018 down 65.4% 110th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 905 2024 down 83.7% 97th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 9,787 2024 up 168.0% 56th Secondary education, teachers 49.4% 2024 down 2.6% 142nd School enrollment, primary, female 94.4% 2018 up 4.3% 66th School enrollment, primary, male 94.6% 2018 up 2.7% 63rd Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2019 unchanged 24th Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 9 2025 unchanged 106th Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 0 2025 — 61st Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 33.9% 2024 down 32.9% 82nd Over-age students, primary, male 3.8% 2018 down 70.7% 118th Over-age students, primary, female 5.0% 2018 down 59.7% 100th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 450,029 number 2019 down 54.6% 53rd School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 218,653 number 2019 down 55.2% 54th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 231,376 number 2019 down 54.0% 52nd ← 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