Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Kuwait
Kuwait: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female was 3.13 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Kuwait, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 3.13 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Kuwait peaked at 3.13 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.79, in 1960.
Kuwait ranks 121st of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.79 | — |
| 1965 | 1.09 | +38.0% |
| 1970 | 1.37 | +25.7% |
| 1975 | 1.36 | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 1.81 | +33.1% |
| 1985 | 2.17 | +19.9% |
| 1990 | 2.27 | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 2.26 | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2.63 | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 3.03 | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 3.13 | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.94 | 0.79 | 1.09 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.37 | 1.36 | 1.37 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.99 | 1.81 | 2.17 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.26 | 2.26 | 2.27 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.83 | 2.63 | 3.03 | 2 |
| 2010s | 3.13 | 3.13 | 3.13 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 118 Bangladesh 3.22 compare
- 119 Cambodia 3.21 compare
- 120 Mauritania 3.19 compare
- 122 Papua New Guinea 3.08 compare
- 123 Laos 3.06 compare
- 124 Haiti 2.76 compare
- 124 Togo 2.76 compare
More education data for Kuwait
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.38 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29,649 (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 3,133 (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 71,259 (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -10.33 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 50,581 (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 2.6 % change on previous year (2021)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Kuwait?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Kuwait was 3.13 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 3.13 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.79 in 1960.
- How does Kuwait rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Kuwait ranks 121st out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 15.