School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait
Kuwait: School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.08 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2015, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait stood at 1.08 GPIA.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.09 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.9204 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Kuwait 38th out of 207 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9619 GPIA | 0.9204 GPIA | 0.9811 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9727 GPIA | 0.9599 GPIA | 0.9921 GPIA | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.04 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.02 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.06 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 1.09 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 35 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 1.09 GPIA compare
- 36 Botswana 1.09 GPIA compare
- 37 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 1.09 GPIA compare
- 39 Guadeloupe 1.08 GPIA compare
- 40 El Salvador 1.08 GPIA compare
- 41 St. Lucia 1.08 GPIA 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait?
- School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.08 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9204 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 38th out of 207 countries with data for 2015.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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, secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release