Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Kuwait
Kuwait: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 6.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Kuwait, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kuwait is 6.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 28.0% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kuwait peaked at 14.2% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 1975.
That places Kuwait 22nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.2% | 2.1% | 4.1% | 9 |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 2.7% | 5.4% | 7 |
| 1990s | 8.5% | 5.6% | 14.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 5.4% | 3.8% | 6.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 4 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 5.0% | 7.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More education data for Kuwait
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 78.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 82.4% (2021)
- Primary education, teachers 32,782 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.7% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kuwait?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Kuwait was 6.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 14.2% in 1992.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 1975.
- How does Kuwait rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Kuwait ranks 22nd out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.