Kuwait vs WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female
Kuwait
27.3%
in 2004
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
39.4%
in 2024
Kuwait rank
141st
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank
143rd
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female over time
- Kuwait
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)
How they compare
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) currently reports 39.4% against 27.3% in Kuwait, a difference of 12.1%.
That makes WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)'s figure about 1.4 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1971 it was WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
Kuwait ranks 141st and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 143rd of 172 countries.
WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.0% | 27.5% | 6.5% | WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) |
| 1980s | 22.4% | 27.2% | 4.7% | WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) |
| 1990s | 19.6% | 27.6% | 8.0% | WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) |
| 2000s | 27.3% | 28.9% | 1.5% | WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female, Kuwait or WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income), at 39.4% against 27.3% in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female between Kuwait and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- 12.1%, with WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income)?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2004.
- How do Kuwait and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) rank globally for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- Kuwait ranks 141st and WB: Middle East & North Africa (excluding High Income) ranks 143rd of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release