Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Kuwait
Kuwait: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 30.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Kuwait, 1999–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 30.6% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of down 35.4% on the previous year and down 53.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Kuwait peaked at 72.3% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 30.6%, in 2021.
Kuwait ranks 142nd of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 59.0% | 59.0% | 59.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 66.8% | 61.6% | 72.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.9% | 47.5% | 65.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 39.0% | 30.6% | 47.4% | 2 |
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 share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Kuwait?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Kuwait was 30.6% in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 72.3% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.6% in 2021.
- How does Kuwait rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Kuwait ranks 142nd out of 178 countries with data for 2021.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.