Bahrain: Population (15+ years old) by nationality (Bahraini/ non-Bahraini), sex and highest education level (2010)

	Bahraini			Non-Bahraini			Total
	males	females	total	males	females	total	Total
Illiterate/ Read only	6,259	17,993	24,252	18,508	10,952	29,460	53,712
Read & Write	18,954	21,924	40,878	134,855	55,674	190,529	231,407
Primary	24,392	15,862	40,254	78,996	12,272	91,268	131,522
Preparatory	43,903	35,723	79,626	68,481	23,315	91,796	171,422
Secondary	73,086	68,333	141,419	70,490	20,329	90,819	232,238
Above Secondary/Diploma	13,725	15,173	28,898	39,658	16,046	55,704	84,602
BSC or BA.	11,607	15,678	27,285	24,739	9,748	34,487	61,772
High Diploma	955	1,015	1,970	7,206	2,761	9,967	11,937
Masters	1,304	914	2,218	3,217	1,002	4,219	6,437
Doctorate	421	129	550	915	257	1,172	1,722
Unknown	37	78	115	13	69	82	197
Total	194,643	192,822	387,465	447,078	152,425	599,503	986,968

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) – Bahrain

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Reference period for Census 2010 is April 27th, 2010 .
Population of reference: all individuals (nationals and non-nationals) present within Bahrain’s borders during time of reference, be they permanent or temporary residents.
Nationality is the person’s passport country. A Non-Bahrainis is considered as such depending on the passport used to enter the country (or obtain the visa).

Illiterate refers to a person who cannot read or write a brief, simple sentence about his/her daily life in any language.
Read Only refers to a person who can read only but cannot write, such as those persons who have learned to read the Quran.
Read and Write refers to a person who is 10 years or older and passed one of the classes within primary education, but has not obtained any certificate of any formal education. This is a person who has can write and read simple sentences about his/her daily life in any language. This includes a blind person who can read and write using Braille.
Primary education accepts children who are six years old and above, and comprises of six grades (1-6 grade). It also includes adults who are enrolled in literacy classes.
Preparatory education accepts students who have completed and passed primary education, and comprises of three grades (7-9 grades). It also includes adults who are enrolled in advanced fellow-up education.
Secondary education accepts students who have completed and passed primary education, and comprises of three grades (10-12 grades). It also includes adults who are enrolled in advanced strengthening classes.
Above Secondary/Diploma education accepts students who have completed and passed secondary education, and comprises of one or two additional years. The student obtains a post-Secondary diploma that is officially certified.
B.Sc. or B.A. education accepts students who have completed and passed secondary or above secondary/diploma education.
High Diploma education accepts students who have completed and passed Bachelor’s degree, and could be one or two years. The student obtains an officially certified diploma.
Master’s education accepts students who have completed a Bachelor’s or high diploma degrees, and could comprise of one or more years. The student obtains upon graduation a Master’s degree.
Doctorate education accepts students who have obtained a Bachelor’s degree with experience, or Master’s degree or High Diploma, and comprises of two or more years. The student obtains a doctorate upon completion.
Not Stated or Unknown refers to a case where the interviewer does not know or is not certain of the highest level of education of the interviewee.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Informatics Organization, known prior to 2001 as the “Central Statistics Organisation” under the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs

3. Data availability

This data is available on the Central Informatics Organisation (CIO) website. For the Arabic version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/default.aspx). For the English version: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/CIO_ENG/Default.aspx)
For the 2010 census data: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_eng/SubDetailed.aspx?subcatid=256)
This 2010 census data is available in a table in PDF format: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Education/2_5.pdf)
The definitions for the 2010′ census can be found in Arabic: (http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results.php)

Data of access: June 2014