Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Abstract

• Although educational attainment is expanding, 31% of 25-34 year-olds had attained less than upper secondary education in Saudi Arabia in 2014, twice the OECD average (16% in 2015), and 26% had attained tertiary education (42% on average across OECD countries in 2015). • On the Saudi Arabian labour market, 25-34 year-olds with below upper secondary education are in 2014 more likely to be employed (65%) than 25-34 year-olds with tertiary education (62%). • The proportion of women in the teaching profession falls with rising levels of education: 52% of primary teachers are women (OECD average, 83%), compared with 40% at tertiary level (OECD average, 43%). • 98% of Saudis at age 18 are in secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary or tertiary programmes, the highest rate of all countries (OECD average, 76%). Figure 1. Enrolment rate at age 18 (2005, 2010 and 2015) Secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary programmes