School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait
Kuwait: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 2.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2019, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait stood at 2.06 GPI.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 2.37 GPI in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1.16 GPI, in 1985.
Kuwait ranks 8th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.46 GPI | 1.17 GPI | 1.76 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.41 GPI | 1.16 GPI | 1.75 GPI | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.76 GPI | 1.49 GPI | 2.03 GPI | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.29 GPI | 2.22 GPI | 2.37 GPI | 4 |
| 2010s | 2.09 GPI | 1.95 GPI | 2.22 GPI | 6 |
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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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.0% (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, tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Kuwait was 2.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 2.37 GPI in 2003.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.16 GPI in 1985.
- How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 8th out of 177 countries with data for 2019.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. 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, 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.