School age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait

Kuwait: School age population, last grade of primary education, female was 28,353 number in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
28,353 number
Change on year
up 3.1%
World rank
127th
of 204 countries
All-time high
28,353 number
in 2020
All-time low
8,123 number
in 1970
Years of data
51
1970–2020

School age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait, 1970–2020

10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k30.0k197019952020

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait is 28,353 number, measured in 2020. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait peaked at 28,353 number in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,123 number, in 1970.

That places Kuwait 127th out of 204 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.

School age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number) in Kuwait, 1970 to 2020.
Year number Change
1970 8,123 number
1971 9,100 number +12.0%
1972 9,980 number +9.7%
1973 10,770 number +7.9%
1974 11,532 number +7.1%
1975 12,321 number +6.8%
1976 13,144 number +6.7%
1977 14,045 number +6.9%
1978 14,894 number +6.0%
1979 15,696 number +5.4%
1980 16,444 number +4.8%
1981 17,135 number +4.2%
1982 17,515 number +2.2%
1983 17,862 number +2.0%
1984 18,232 number +2.1%
1985 18,730 number +2.7%
1986 19,470 number +4.0%
1987 20,676 number +6.2%
1988 21,996 number +6.4%
1989 23,329 number +6.1%
1990 24,367 number +4.4%
1991 24,683 number +1.3%
1992 23,364 number -5.3%
1993 21,309 number -8.8%
1994 19,070 number -10.5%
1995 17,282 number -9.4%
1996 16,339 number -5.5%
1997 16,500 number +1.0%
1998 16,968 number +2.8%
1999 17,338 number +2.2%
2000 17,276 number -0.4%
2001 16,966 number -1.8%
2002 16,679 number -1.7%
2003 16,484 number -1.2%
2004 16,685 number +1.2%
2005 16,489 number -1.2%
2006 17,592 number +6.7%
2007 18,485 number +5.1%
2008 19,420 number +5.1%
2009 20,242 number +4.2%
2010 20,566 number +1.6%
2011 20,340 number -1.1%
2012 20,614 number +1.3%
2013 21,010 number +1.9%
2014 21,540 number +2.5%
2015 22,437 number +4.2%
2016 23,656 number +5.4%
2017 24,987 number +5.6%
2018 26,297 number +5.2%
2019 27,505 number +4.6%
2020 28,353 number +3.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 11,960 number 8,123 number 15,696 number 10
1980s 19,139 number 16,444 number 23,329 number 10
1990s 19,722 number 16,339 number 24,683 number 10
2000s 17,632 number 16,484 number 20,242 number 10
2010s 22,895 number 20,340 number 27,505 number 10
2020s 28,353 number 28,353 number 28,353 number 1

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 124 Finland 30,149 number compare
  2. 125 Mongolia 29,526 number compare
  3. 126 Gambia 28,827 number compare
  4. 128 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,004 number compare
  5. 129 Slovakia 27,964 number compare
  6. 130 Namibia 27,390 number compare

See the full ranking of 249 places →

More education data for Kuwait

All data for Kuwait →

Frequently asked questions

What is school age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait?
School age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait was 28,353 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school age population, last grade of primary education, female recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 28,353 number in 2020.
What is the lowest school age population, last grade of primary education, female recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 8,123 number in 1970.
How does Kuwait rank for school age population, last grade of primary education, female?
Kuwait ranks 127th out of 204 countries with data for 2020.
Is school age population, last grade of primary education, female rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. 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 School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

School age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/stat/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-female-number/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/school-age-population-last-grade-of-primary-education-female-number/kuwait/">School age population, last grade of primary education, female in Kuwait</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School age population, last grade of primary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
249 places, 12,245 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to the last grade of primary school as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.