Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait

Kuwait: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total was 2.97 in 2010. β–² Rising

Latest (2010)
2.97
World rank
119th
of 144 countries
All-time high
2.97
in 2010
All-time low
1.11
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait, 1960–2010

01231960198520101960: 1.11965: 1.41970: 1.51975: 1.21980: 1.61985: 1.91990: 21995: 22000: 2.52005: 2.92010: 3

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait stood at 2.97. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is up 17.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait peaked at 2.97 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.11, in 1960.

That places Kuwait 119th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.24 1.11 1.36 2
1970s 1.33 1.18 1.49 2
1980s 1.73 1.58 1.88 2
1990s 2.01 1.98 2.04 2
2000s 2.7 2.52 2.88 2
2010s 2.97 2.97 2.97 1

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 116 Eswatini 3.15 compare
  2. 117 Mongolia 3.14 compare
  3. 118 Rwanda 3 compare
  4. 120 Haiti 2.93 compare
  5. 120 Maldives 2.93 compare
  6. 122 Mauritania 2.91 compare

See the full ranking of 144 places β†’

More education data for Kuwait

All data for Kuwait β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait?
Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait was 2.97 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 25+, total recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 2.97 in 2010.
What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 1.11 in 1960.
How does Kuwait rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total?
Kuwait ranks 119th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. 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 25+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait. Statizoid, drawing on Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-average-years-of-primary-schooling-age-25-total/kuwait/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/stat/barro-lee-average-years-of-primary-schooling-age-25-total/kuwait/">Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total in Kuwait</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 25+, total
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
Last refreshed

Average years of primary schooling, 25+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 25.