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Middle East > Saudi Arabia > Education

SAUDI EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Children out of school, primary 792,714 Time series [9th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education 6 years [147th of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 6 [43rd of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 6 [83rd of 181]
Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 525,344 Time series [37th of 150]
Education, primary completion rate 85 Time series [78th of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 51.1% [86th of 135]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48% [118th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 46.3% [128th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 60.539 [165th of 191]
Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+ 21.3% Time series [51st of 138]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Male 84.7% Time series [102nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population 78.8% Time series [111st of 160]
Primary school girls out of school 43% [28th of 99]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 27.57 % Time series [3rd of 103]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 15.66 Time series [125th of 159]
School life expectancy > Total 9 years [87th of 110]
Tertiary enrollment 22.4% [67th of 151]
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24 0.98 Time series [23rd of 138]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Household survey data, net enrolment data from UNESCO, and data from UNICEF country offices; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia

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