Primary net enrolment in Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, 99.5% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1979.

Measure: Total net enrolment rate, primary education Unit: % of children of primary school age Data: 1979 to 2024 Source: UNESCO UIS
Saudi Arabia, 2024 99.5% % of children of primary school age
Change from 2022 +2.3percentage points 2022: 97.1%
Median of G20 countries, 2024 99.7% Middle value of 9 countries

Primary net enrolment in Saudi Arabia over time

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% of children of primary school age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total net enrolment rate, primary education (% of children of primary school age), 2009 to 2024
Period Saudi Arabia
2024 99.5%
2022 97.1%
2021 96.6%
2020 97.8%
2016 97.1%
2015 96.3%
2014 94.0%
2013 92.4%
2012 96.2%
2011 96.0%
2010 97.6%
2009 98.0%uis_est (UIS estimate)

Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 97.1% in 2022, a change of +2.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2010, when it was 97.6%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
NERT.1.CP · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1979 to 2024 for Saudi Arabia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org