Bahrainis		GCC citizens		Other Arabs		Asians		all non-nationals		TOTAL
	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females	males	females
Illiterate	6259	17,993	138	126	420	961	17,788	7,569	18,508	10,952	24,767	28,945
Reads and writes	18954	21,924	380	507	3,073	4,289	130,304	40,237	134,855	55,674	153,809	77,598
Elementary/ Primary	24392	15,862	169	217	1,551	1,340	76,999	9,217	78,996	12,272	103,388	28,134
Intermediate/ Preparatoy	43903	35,723	436	609	3,903	2,909	63,323	16,057	68,481	23,315	112,384	59,038
High school diploma/ Secondary	73086	68,333	1,556	1,724	4,241	2,645	63,697	14,074	70,490	20,329	143,576	88,662
Diploma/ above sec.	13725	15,173	440	342	3,134	1,921	34,812	11,740	39,658	16,046	53,383	31,219
University degree	12,562	16,693	557	364	4,903	2,469	23,287	7,956	31,945	12,509	44,507	29,202
Postgraduate	1,725	1,043	119	26	870	195	2,244	705	4,132	1,259	5,857	2,302
NA	37	78		1	1	3	12	52	13	69	50	147
Total	194,643	192,822	3,795	3,916	22,096	16,732	412,466	107,607	447,078	152,425	641,721	345,247

Source: Central Informatics Organisation (CIO)

ANNEXED NOTES

1. Technical Notes and Definitions

Reference period for Census 2010 is April 27th, 2010 .
Implementation method: the Censuses are carried out according to de jure methodology, i.e. counting persons using their usual place of residence irrespective of where are they at census times
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.
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 Census 2010 Bahraini males: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Education/2_6_5.pdf)
For Census 2010 Bahraini females: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Education/2_6_6.pdf)
For Census 2010 non-Bahraini males: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Education/2_6_8.pdf)
For Census 2010 non-Bahraini females: (http://www.cio.gov.bh/cio_ara/English/Publications/Census/Education/2_6_9.pdf)
The definitions for the 2010′ census can be found in Arabic: (http://www.census2010.gov.bh/results.php)

Data of access: June 2014

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