School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Kuwait
Kuwait: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity was 1.18 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Kuwait, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Kuwait is 1.18 GPIA, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Kuwait peaked at 1.18 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8783 GPIA, in 1971.
Kuwait ranks 3rd of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9647 GPIA | 0.8783 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.01 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.03 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.08 GPIA | 1.05 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.12 GPIA | 1.11 GPIA | 1.12 GPIA | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.17 GPIA | 1.15 GPIA | 1.18 GPIA | 2 |
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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 school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Kuwait?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity in Kuwait was 1.18 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8783 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity?
- Kuwait ranks 3rd out of 179 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release