Saudi Arabia: Preprimary education, duration (years)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2025, Saudi Arabia had the 87th highest value of the 201 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Saudi Arabia in the 2025 ranking

• Mongolia — 94th of 201: 4
• Papua New Guinea — 95th of 201: 4
• Poland — 96th of 201: 4
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 98th of 201: 4
• St. Lucia — 99th of 201: 4
• Tajikistan — 100th of 201: 4

What this measures

Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.

Limitations: The presence of national legislation does not guarantee that countries will implement it effectively, nor does it ensure that parents will take advantage of the provisions available for their children.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.

All 13 values

Preprimary education, duration (years) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 1 (2025)
• Algeria — 1 (2025)
• Bahrain — 6 (2025)
• Djibouti — 2 (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2 (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 1 (2025)
• Iraq — 2 (2025)
• Israel — 6 (2025)
• Jordan — 2 (2025)
• Kuwait — 2 (2025)
• Lebanon — 3 (2025)

More education data for Saudi Arabia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) — 83.88% (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.01 (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary, female (% gross) — 84.15% (2024)
• School enrollment, tertiary, male (% gross) — 83.65% (2024)
• Tertiary education, academic staff (% female) — 48.05% (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Saudi Arabia's preprimary education, duration (years)?

4 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2013?

It is unchanged at from 4 in 2013. The highest value was 4 in 2013 and the lowest 4 in 2013.

How does Saudi Arabia rank?

87th highest of 201 economies with data for 2025.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRE.DURS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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