Kuwait vs East Timor: Duration of compulsory education

Kuwait
9 years
in 2025
East Timor
9 years
in 2025
Kuwait rank
120th
East Timor rank
120th

Duration of compulsory education over time

  • Kuwait
  • East Timor
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 9 years against 9 years in East Timor, a difference of 0 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 120th and East Timor ranks 120th of 205 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Duration of compulsory education
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
205 places, 5,383 data points, 1975–2025
Last refreshed

The number of years of compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.