School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait
Kuwait: School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.05 GPIA in 2021. β² Rising
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971β2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.05 GPIA for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2021.
That represents a change of down 5.0% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.14 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.9465 GPIA, in 1971.
Kuwait ranks 29th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9677 GPIA | 0.9465 GPIA | 0.9877 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9931 GPIA | 0.9656 GPIA | 1.08 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9995 GPIA | 0.9836 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9815 GPIA | 1.06 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1.14 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More education data for Kuwait
- 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 32,782 (2021)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.51 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.7% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.05 GPIA in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9465 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 29th out of 199 countries with data for 2021.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release