Kuwait's adult literacy rose from 59.6 % in 1975 to 96.5 % in 2020.
Kuwait's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 73.1 % in 1992 to 82.4 % in 2021.
Kuwait · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Kuwait's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 72.2 % in 1975 to 99.3 % in 2020.
Kuwait's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 80.3 % in 1984 to 95.4 % in 2015.
Kuwait's tertiary enrolment rose from 8.4 % in 1980 to 51.9 % in 2021.
Kuwait's children out of school, primary fell from 33,167 in 1980 to 21,183 in 2016.
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- Primary completion ratedown −3.0 pts116th of 137*
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.4 pts71st of 102*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.6 pts84th of 112*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs49th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.1 yrs118th of 145
- Learning povertydown −21.7 pts42nd of 46*
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- Education spendingup +1.4 pts7th of 40
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +1.2 pts24th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.2 %2nd of 90
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