The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved higher than the global average and the average rates of most countries and groups at the level of development achieved in education sector around the world. A Human Development Report for 2014 issued by the United Nations Development Programme showed the average satisfaction ratio for education in the Kingdom stood at 65%, which is higher compared to 64 and 48% globally and regionally respectively, and 63% in the countries with an average of very high human development; noting that this is an advanced positive development compared to the report for the year 2013, in which the Kingdom was less than the global average. On spending on education as a percentage of gross domestic product, the Kingdom's rate stood at 5.6% which is higher than the global average and the average of countries with very high human development standing at 5 and 5.3%, respectively.
