Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Kuwait

Kuwait: Teachers in upper secondary education, female was 10,882 number in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
10,882 number
Change on year
up 5.3%
World rank
66th
of 131 countries
All-time high
10,882 number
in 2019
All-time low
5,708 number
in 1998
Years of data
14
1998–2019

Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Kuwait, 1998–2019

02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k1998200820191998: 5.7k number1999: 6.1k number2000: 6.0k number2001: 6.4k number2004: 6.9k number2005: 6.2k number2007: 6.1k number2008: 6.5k number2009: 7.5k number2015: 9.2k number2016: 9.6k number2017: 10.0k number2018: 10.3k number2019: 10.9k number

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 10,882 number for teachers in upper secondary education, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, teachers in upper secondary education, female in Kuwait peaked at 10,882 number in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,708 number, in 1998.

That places Kuwait 66th out of 131 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5,884 number 5,708 number 6,060 number 2
2000s 6,500 number 5,953 number 7,475 number 7
2010s 10,011 number 9,184 number 10,882 number 5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 63 Afghanistan 11,745 number compare
  2. 64 Finland 11,708 number compare
  3. 65 New Zealand 11,623 number compare
  4. 67 Costa Rica 9,000 number compare
  5. 68 Palestine, State of 8,746 number compare
  6. 69 Madagascar 8,344 number compare

See the full ranking of 176 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is teachers in upper secondary education, female in Kuwait?
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Kuwait was 10,882 number in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 10,882 number in 2019.
What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 5,708 number in 1998.
How does Kuwait rank for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
Kuwait ranks 66th out of 131 countries with data for 2019.
Is teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. 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 Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
176 places, 2,830 data points, 1971–2019
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Total number of female teachers in public and private upper secondary education institutions (ISCED 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.