Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in Kuwait
Kuwait: Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education was 1 GPIA in 2013. ▲ Rising
Latest (2013)
1 GPIA
World rank
5th
of 103 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2007
All-time low
0.5121 GPIA
in 2004
Years of data
10
1999–2013
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in Kuwait, 1999–2013
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1 GPIA for share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in 2013. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in Kuwait peaked at 1 GPIA in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.5121 GPIA, in 2004.
Kuwait ranks 5th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.7962 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.796 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.7959 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.9119 GPIA | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 0.5121 GPIA | -43.8% |
| 2005 | 0.532 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 1 GPIA | +88.0% |
| 2008 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7962 GPIA | 0.7962 GPIA | 0.7962 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8185 GPIA | 0.5121 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 2 Panama 1.08 GPIA compare
- 3 France 1.03 GPIA compare
- 4 Germany 1.01 GPIA
- 5 Andorra 1 GPIA compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA
- 5 Australia 1 GPIA
- 5 Austria 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Azerbaijan 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Burkina Faso 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Bangladesh 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Bulgaria 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Bahrain 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Belarus 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Brazil 1 GPIA
- 5 Bhutan 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Comoros 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Cape Verde 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Cuba 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Cyprus 1 GPIA
- 5 Djibouti 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Egypt 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Eritrea 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Spain 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Estonia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Ethiopia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Finland 1 GPIA
- 5 Fiji 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Georgia 1 GPIA
- 5 Gibraltar 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Greece 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Grenada 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Guyana 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Hungary 1 GPIA compare
- 5 India 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Ireland 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Italy 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Kyrgyzstan 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Cambodia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA
- 5 Lesotho 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Lithuania 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Luxembourg 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Latvia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Morocco 1 GPIA
- 5 Monaco 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Madagascar 1 GPIA
- 5 North Macedonia 1 GPIA
- 5 Mali 1 GPIA
- 5 Mongolia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Namibia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Niger 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Netherlands 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Norway 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Pakistan 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Philippines 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Poland 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Puerto Rico 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Portugal 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Romania 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Russian Federation 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Rwanda 1 GPIA
- 5 Saudi Arabia 1 GPIA
- 5 Serbia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Slovakia 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Seychelles 1 GPIA compare
- 5 Ukraine 1 GPIA compare
- 5 United States of America 1 GPIA compare
- 5 South Africa 1 GPIA compare
More education data for Kuwait
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11 (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 30,349 (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 29,489 (2021)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 302,047 (2015)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 265,113 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -4.44 % change on previous year (2021)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0608 units per person (2021)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in Kuwait?
- Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education in Kuwait was 1 GPIA in 2013, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2007.
- What is the lowest share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5121 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Kuwait rank for share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education?
- Kuwait ranks 5th out of 103 countries with data for 2013.
- Is share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. 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 Share of all students in post-secondary non-tertiary education enrolled in vocational programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release