Kuwait vs Lower middle income: Literacy rate, youth male
Kuwait
99.1%
in 2020
Lower middle income
93.4%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
27th
Lower middle income rank
24th
Literacy rate, youth male over time
- Kuwait
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 99.1% against 93.4% in Lower middle income, a difference of 5.7%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 15 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 24th of 95 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 77.7% | 67.3% | 10.4% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 86.0% | 69.0% | 17.0% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 93.8% | 77.5% | 16.2% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 98.8% | 84.9% | 13.9% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 89.0% | 10.1% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 92.7% | 6.4% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher literacy rate, youth male, Kuwait or Lower middle income?
- Kuwait, at 99.1% against 93.4% in Lower middle income as of 2020.
- What is the difference in literacy rate, youth male between Kuwait and Lower middle income?
- 5.7%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Lower middle income?
- 15 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2020.
- How do Kuwait and Lower middle income rank globally for literacy rate, youth male?
- Kuwait ranks 27th and Lower middle income ranks 24th of 95 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.