Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 99.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia, 1979–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia stood at 99.4%.
That represents a change of down 17.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia peaked at 128.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 1979.
Saudi Arabia ranks 45th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 63.5% | — |
| 2005 | 100.6% | +58.3% |
| 2007 | 109.0% | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 113.6% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 122.3% | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 128.3% | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 97.6% | -23.9% |
| 2017 | 101.1% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 101.8% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 98.6% | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 97.0% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 96.6% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 119.8% | +24.0% |
| 2024 | 99.4% | -17.1% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 99.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (65 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 99.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 93.9%, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Saudi Arabia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +58.3% | 63.5% | 100.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63.5% | 63.5% | 63.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 107.7% | 100.6% | 113.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 108.3% | 97.6% | 128.3% | 6 |
| 2020s | 103.2% | 96.6% | 119.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
More aid effectiveness data for Saudi Arabia
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 60,000 current US$ (2007)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium -210,000 current US$ (2003)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada 10,000 current US$ (2004)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions 10,000 current US$ (2007)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany 1.53 million current US$ (2007)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, France 7.04 million current US$ (2007)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom 760,000 current US$ (2007)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Italy 60,000 current US$ (1995)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan -154.04 million current US$ (2007)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total -143.95 million current US$ (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia?
- Primary completion rate, total in Saudi Arabia was 99.4% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 128.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 1979.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 45th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.