Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Bahrain

Gross tertiary enrolment in Bahrain was 58.4% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bahrain, 2024 58.4% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2023 +1.3percentage points 2023: 57.1%
World, 2024 43.6% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Bahrain over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period BahrainWorld
2024 58.4% 43.6%
2023 57.1% 43.2%
2022 50.3% 42.0%
2021 47.5% 41.1%
2020 54.4% 39.7%
2019 52.9% 38.7%
2018 50.3% 37.9%
2017 48.7% 37.5%
2016 46.8% 37.1%
2015 45.6% 36.6%
2014 44.8% 35.6%
2013 44.1% 33.1%
2012 47.7% 32.3%
2011 46.3% 31.1%
2010 – 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 – 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 17.5% 25.7%
2005 19.0% 24.3%
2004 – 23.6%
2003 25.1% 22.8%
2002 – 21.6%
2001 – 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 57.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 44.8%, the figure has changed by +13.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2024 for Bahrain
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics