Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Kuwait
Kuwait: Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate was 1.52 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Kuwait, 1950–2023
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.52 live births per woman for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Kuwait peaked at 7.34 live births per woman in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1.52 live births per woman, in 2023.
Kuwait ranks 164th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.15 live births per woman | 7.12 live births per woman | 7.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.27 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 7.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.17 live births per woman | 5.33 live births per woman | 7.03 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.35 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 5.18 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.24 live births per woman | 2.95 live births per woman | 3.49 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.62 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.05 live births per woman | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.16 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 live births per woman | 1.52 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 162 Trinidad and Tobago 1.53 live births per woman compare
- 163 Cayman Islands 1.53 live births per woman compare
- 165 Cape Verde 1.52 live births per woman compare
- 166 Denmark 1.51 live births per woman compare
- 167 Portugal 1.51 live births per woman compare
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 women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Kuwait?
- Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate in Kuwait was 1.52 live births per woman in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 7.34 live births per woman in 1966.
- What is the lowest women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.52 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Kuwait rank for women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate?
- Kuwait ranks 164th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.