School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait
Kuwait: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index was 1.19 GPI in 2015. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971β2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.19 GPI for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in 2015. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.19 GPI in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7998 GPI, in 1971.
Kuwait ranks 5th of 175 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 | 0.8682 GPI | 0.7998 GPI | 0.9166 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9433 GPI | 0.9212 GPI | 0.957 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.05 GPI | 0.9832 GPI | 1.09 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.14 GPI | 1.12 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.18 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 1.19 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 2 Seychelles 1.21 GPI compare
- 3 Barbados 1.2 GPI compare
- 4 Puerto Rico 1.2 GPI compare
- 6 Jamaica 1.17 GPI compare
- 7 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.17 GPI compare
- 8 Venezuela 1.17 GPI 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)
- School enrollment, primary 82.4% (2021)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0075 units per person (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.19 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 GPI in 2015.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7998 GPI in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 5th out of 175 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.