Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait
Kuwait: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in was 1 GPIA in 2021. ▲ Rising
Latest (2021)
1 GPIA
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
47th
of 97 countries
All-time high
2 GPIA
in 2004
All-time low
0.9806 GPIA
in 2020
Years of data
16
1999–2021
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait, 1999–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2021, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait stood at 1 GPIA.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait peaked at 2 GPIA in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.9806 GPIA, in 2020.
That places Kuwait 47th out of 97 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 GPIA | +100.0% |
| 2005 | 1 GPIA | -50.0% |
| 2006 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 GPIA | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 2 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9806 GPIA | -51.0% |
| 2021 | 1 GPIA | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 1.12 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 2 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 2 GPIA | 2 GPIA | 2 GPIA | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.9903 GPIA | 0.9806 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 44 Jamaica 1.01 GPIA compare
- 45 Niger 1.01 GPIA compare
- 46 Belarus 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Aruba 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Andorra 1 GPIA compare
- 47 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Bahrain 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Bhutan 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Cyprus 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Spain 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Jordan 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Cambodia 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Korea 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Latvia 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Morocco 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA
- 47 Mauritius 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Oman 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Panama 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Philippines 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Portugal 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Qatar 1 GPIA compare
- 47 San Marino 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Tajikistan 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
- 47 United States 1 GPIA compare
- 47 Samoa 1 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 82.36 (2021)
- School enrollment, primary 82.4% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait?
- Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in in Kuwait was 1 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 2 GPIA in 2004.
- What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9806 GPIA in 2020.
- How does Kuwait rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in?
- Kuwait ranks 47th out of 97 countries with data for 2021.
- Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release