Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary was 8.0% in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
8.0%
World rank
51st
of 144 countries
All-time high
11.3%
in 2000
All-time low
4.1%
in 2005
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia, 1960–2010

02.557.51012.51960198520101960: 4.51965: 4.51970: 4.31975: 7.81980: 7.91985: 8.91990: 8.91995: 10.82000: 11.32005: 4.12010: 8

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 8.0% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in 2010.

That represents a change of down 29.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia peaked at 11.3% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2005.

That places Saudi Arabia 51st out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary in Saudi Arabia, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 4.5%
1965 4.5% +0.4%
1970 4.3% -3.6%
1975 7.8% +81.3%
1980 7.9% +0.3%
1985 8.9% +13.2%
1990 8.9% -0.3%
1995 10.8% +21.1%
2000 11.3% +5.0%
2005 4.1% -64.0%
2010 8.0% +96.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4.5% 4.5% 4.5% 2
1970s 6.1% 4.3% 7.8% 2
1980s 8.4% 7.9% 8.9% 2
1990s 9.8% 8.9% 10.8% 2
2000s 7.7% 4.1% 11.3% 2
2010s 8.0% 8.0% 8.0% 1

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

  1. 48 Morocco 8.5% compare
  2. 49 Poland 8.3% compare
  3. 50 Estonia 8.1% compare
  4. 52 United Arab Emirates 7.8% compare
  5. 53 Gabon 7.6% compare
  6. 54 Lithuania 7.5% compare

See the full ranking of 144 places →

More reference data data for Saudi Arabia

All data for Saudi Arabia →

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia was 8.0% in 2010, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 11.3% in 2000.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2005.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary?
Saudi Arabia ranks 51st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia. Statizoid. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-20-24-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-percentage-of-population-age-20-24-with-tertiary-schooling-incompleted-tertiary/saudi-arabia/">Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary in Saudi Arabia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 20-24 with tertiary schooling. Incompleted Tertiary
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed