Kuwait vs Low income: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female

Kuwait
16.07 years
in 2015
Low income
8.45 years
in 2016
Kuwait rank
42nd
Low income rank
43rd

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female over time

  • Kuwait
  • Low income
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 16.07 years against 8.45 years in Low income, a difference of 7.62 years.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.9 times Low income's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 42nd and Low income ranks 43rd of 175 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Low income Difference Ahead
1970s 9.43 years 3.77 years 5.66 years Kuwait
1980s 11.37 years 4.39 years 6.98 years Kuwait
1990s 11.22 years 4.53 years 6.68 years Kuwait
2000s 14.15 years 5.98 years 8.16 years Kuwait
2010s 15.72 years 8.4 years 7.32 years Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female, Kuwait or Low income?
Kuwait, at 16.07 years against 8.45 years in Low income as of 2015.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female between Kuwait and Low income?
7.62 years, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Low income?
32 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2015.
How do Kuwait and Low income rank globally for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female?
Kuwait ranks 42nd and Low income ranks 43rd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
220 places, 6,052 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.