Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait
Kuwait: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.17 index in 2021. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.17 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.18 index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8732 index, in 1971.
Kuwait ranks 8th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9032 index | 0.8732 index | 0.9224 index | 3 |
| 1990s | 1.02 index | 1.01 index | 1.05 index | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.01 index | 0.9766 index | 1.03 index | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.08 index | 1.02 index | 1.18 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 index | 1.16 index | 1.17 index | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More education data for Kuwait
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (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. average years of schooling 1.51 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 88.7% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.17 index in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 index in 2019.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8732 index in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2021.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.