Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Kuwait
Kuwait: Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary was 46.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Kuwait, 1999–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 46.3% for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 34.1% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Kuwait peaked at 96.8% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 46.3%, in 2021.
Kuwait ranks 144th of 166 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 76.9% | — |
| 2000 | 80.3% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 83.2% | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 80.9% | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 73.8% | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 84.4% | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 85.1% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 96.8% | +13.8% |
| 2008 | 90.9% | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 92.3% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 93.5% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 93.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 88.5% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 84.4% | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 81.3% | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 78.3% | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 74.3% | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 70.3% | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 46.3% | -34.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.9% | 76.9% | 76.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 84.4% | 73.8% | 96.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 85.8% | 74.3% | 93.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 58.3% | 46.3% | 70.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More education data for Kuwait
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11 (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 30,349 (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29,489 (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 302,047 (2015)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 265,113 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -4.44 % change on previous year (2021)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0608 units per person (2021)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Kuwait?
- Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary in Kuwait was 46.3% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 96.8% in 2007.
- What is the lowest adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.3% in 2021.
- How does Kuwait rank for adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary?
- Kuwait ranks 144th out of 166 countries with data for 2021.
- Is adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Adjusted net enrolment rate, one year before the official primary entry age, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 19 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release