Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Kuwait
Kuwait: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 1.1 GPIA in 2018. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Kuwait, 1970β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.1 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2018.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Kuwait peaked at 1.14 GPIA in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.6949 GPIA, in 1970.
That places Kuwait 4th out of 131 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7177 GPIA | 0.6949 GPIA | 0.7405 GPIA | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.9341 GPIA | 0.8433 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.11 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 1.13 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.08 GPIA | 0.9886 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 1 Cook Islands 1.03 GPIA compare
- 1 Grenada 1.18 GPIA compare
- 2 Qatar 1.14 GPIA compare
- 3 Saint Lucia 1.12 GPIA compare
- 5 Honduras 1.1 GPIA compare
- 6 Bahrain 1.1 GPIA compare
- 7 Dominican Republic 1.09 GPIA compare
More education data for Kuwait
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 32,782 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (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, per capita 0.0075 units per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Kuwait?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Kuwait was 1.1 GPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPIA in 2013.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6949 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Kuwait rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Kuwait ranks 4th out of 131 countries with data for 2018.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release