Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Saudi Arabia
Gross tertiary enrolment in Saudi Arabia was 83.9% in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1971.
Saudi Arabia, 2024
83.9%
Change from 2022
+10.1percentage points
World, 2024
43.6%
Median of G20 countries, 2024
74.1%
Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Saudi Arabia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% 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.
| Period | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83.9% | 43.6% |
| 2023 | – | 43.2% |
| 2022 | 73.7% | 42.0% |
| 2021 | 74.4% | 41.1% |
| 2020 | 73.8% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 78.0% | 38.7% |
| 2018 | 73.2% | 37.9% |
| 2017 | 70.7% | 37.5% |
| 2016 | 64.0% | 37.1% |
| 2015 | 57.1% | 36.6% |
| 2014 | 53.2% | 35.6% |
| 2013 | 43.2% | 33.1% |
| 2012 | 36.0% | 32.3% |
| 2011 | 28.9% | 31.1% |
| 2010 | 29.3% | 29.6% |
| 2009 | 25.0% | 28.3% |
| 2008 | 24.5% | 27.4% |
| 2007 | 24.3% | 26.3% |
| 2006 | 24.5% | 25.7% |
| 2005 | 25.2% | 24.3% |
| 2004 | 26.3% | 23.6% |
| 2003 | 26.6% | 22.8% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | 21.6% |
| 2001 | 27.2% | 20.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 73.7% in 2022, a change of +10.1 percentage points.
- Since 2013, when it was 43.2%, the figure has changed by +40.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 43.6%.