Progression to secondary school, female in Bahrain
Bahrain: Progression to secondary school, female was 99.6% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, female in Bahrain, 1981–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for progression to secondary school, female in Bahrain is 99.6%, measured in 2017.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, female in Bahrain peaked at 100.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 88.2%, in 1981.
That places Bahrain 33rd out of 156 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.0% | 88.2% | 97.9% | 5 |
| 1990s | 99.4% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.7% | 100.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.4% | 100.0% | 7 |
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More education data for Bahrain
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 77.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,404 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.4% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 96.4% (2024)
- Labor force, female 21.3% (2025)
- Labor force, total 919,501 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school, female in Bahrain?
- Progression to secondary school, female in Bahrain was 99.6% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.2% in 1981.
- How does Bahrain rank for progression to secondary school, female?
- Bahrain ranks 33rd out of 156 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, female rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).