Education in Kuwait

154 indicators covering education for Kuwait.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 85.7% 2020 down 10.7% 103rd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 49 2024 down 2.0% 123rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 58 2024 up 28.9% 122nd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 88 2024 down 12.0% 141st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 101 2024 down 1.0% 144th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 93.4% 2018 down 6.1% 155th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 86.2% 2018 down 16.7% 172nd
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.4% 2100 down 33.8% 88th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 20,900 people 2100 down 36.1% 97th
Population by level of education 1.90 million people 2100 up 5.3% 125th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.5% 2018 down 36.1% 132nd
Repeaters, primary, male 0.6% 2018 down 48.3% 138th
School enrollment, secondary, private 35.0% 2015 up 26.7% 29th
School enrollment, primary 82.6% 2018 down 10.6% 151st
Trained teachers in primary education 100.0% 2021 up 28.8% 1st
Over-age students, primary 2.6% 2018 up 3.1% 133rd
Secondary education, teachers 57.2% 2021 up 5.7% 109th
School enrollment, primary, female 86.9% 2018 down 8.5% 118th
School enrollment, primary, male 79.0% 2018 down 12.9% 144th
Over-age students, primary, male 2.9% 2018 up 7.1% 135th
Over-age students, primary, female 2.2% 2018 down 1.8% 133rd
Compulsory education, duration 9 years 2025 unchanged 115th
Progression to secondary school 97.8% 2017 down 2.0% 78th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 88.2% 2018 down 10.5% 141st
Trained teachers in primary education, female 100.0% 2021 up 25.0% 1st
Trained teachers in primary education, male 100.0% 2021 up 80.9% 1st
Primary education, pupils 49.0% 2018 up 0.3% 48th
Tertiary education, academic staff 27.3% 2004 up 42.1% 139th
Persistence to grade 5, female 91.6% 2020 down 4.5% 84th
Persistence to grade 5, male 80.3% 2020 down 16.4% 101st
School enrollment, secondary 86.5% 2015 down 2.5% 59th
Preprimary education, duration 2 years 2025 unchanged 166th
Progression to secondary school, male 96.7% 2017 down 3.3% 84th
School enrollment, secondary, female 88.7% 2015 down 5.4% 53rd
School enrollment, secondary, male 84.5% 2015 up 0.5% 61st
Progression to secondary school, female 99.0% 2017 down 0.6% 50th
Expenditure on tertiary education 32.6% 2006 down 6.8% 16th
Literacy rate, youth female 99.6% 2020 up 0.9% 21st
Children out of school, primary 21,183 2016 up 310.9% 91st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 93.0% 2018 down 2.0% 94th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 84.1% 2018 down 7.3% 132nd
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 unchanged 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 99.1% 2020 up 0.0% 27th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 8.88 2018 down 2.5% 195th
Literacy rate, youth total 99.3% 2020 up 0.4% 24th
Expenditure on secondary education 36.2% 2006 up 153.4% 58th
Expenditure on primary education 20.4% 2006 down 42.0% 134th
Secondary education, pupils 49.7% 2015 down 1.9% 71st
Children out of school, primary, female 2,740 2016 up 64.6% 125th
Children out of school, primary, male 18,443 2016 up 428.5% 81st
Literacy rate, adult total 96.5% 2020 up 2.1% 28th
Literacy rate, adult male 97.0% 2020 up 1.6% 31st
Trained teachers in preprimary education 100.0% 2021 up 38.0% 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education 100.0% 2021 unchanged 1st
Adolescents out of school 22.9% 2021 up 439.8% 39th
Current education expenditure, primary 100.0% 2014 up 3.2% 1st
Current education expenditure, secondary 100.0% 2014 up 3.3% 1st
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 100.0% 2021 up 37.7% 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 100.0% 2021 1st
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 100.0% 2021 1st