School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) in Kuwait

Kuwait: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) was 13.5 years in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
13.5 years
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
84th
of 175 countries
All-time high
13.5 years
in 2015
All-time low
7.1 years
in 1992
Years of data
32
1971–2015

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Kuwait, 1971–2015

0510151971199320151971: 10.5 years1972: 10.3 years1973: 10.3 years1974: 10.3 years1975: 10.5 years1976: 10.8 years1977: 11.8 years1978: 11.7 years1979: 11.5 years1980: 11.6 years1981: 11.7 years1982: 11.8 years1983: 12.4 years1984: 12.3 years1985: 12.6 years1986: 12.6 years1987: 12.2 years1988: 11.9 years1989: 11.5 years1990: 11 years1992: 7.1 years1993: 8 years1994: 9.6 years1995: 11 years1996: 12.6 years1997: 12.8 years1999: 12.8 years2001: 12.1 years2003: 12.4 years2004: 12.7 years2014: 13.2 years2015: 13.5 years

Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 13.5 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in 2015. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Kuwait peaked at 13.5 years in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.1 years, in 1992.

Kuwait ranks 84th of 175 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) in Kuwait, 1971 to 2015.
Year years Change
1971 10.51 years —
1972 10.28 years -2.2%
1973 10.26 years -0.2%
1974 10.35 years +0.9%
1975 10.48 years +1.2%
1976 10.84 years +3.5%
1977 11.75 years +8.4%
1978 11.72 years -0.3%
1979 11.46 years -2.2%
1980 11.55 years +0.8%
1981 11.67 years +1.0%
1982 11.77 years +0.9%
1983 12.38 years +5.2%
1984 12.31 years -0.6%
1985 12.61 years +2.4%
1986 12.64 years +0.3%
1987 12.22 years -3.3%
1988 11.9 years -2.6%
1989 11.47 years -3.6%
1990 11.04 years -3.7%
1992 7.1 years -35.7%
1993 8.04 years +13.2%
1994 9.64 years +19.8%
1995 11 years +14.2%
1996 12.64 years +14.9%
1997 12.8 years +1.2%
1999 12.77 years -0.3%
2001 12.08 years -5.4%
2003 12.44 years +2.9%
2004 12.7 years +2.1%
2014 13.25 years +4.4%
2015 13.5 years +1.9%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 13.5 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 15.66 years, 86% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 13.5 years is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 13.78 years, 98% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years) (male Data) in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1992 -35.7% 11.04 years 7.1 years

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 10.85 years 10.26 years 11.75 years 9
1980s 12.05 years 11.47 years 12.64 years 10
1990s 10.63 years 7.1 years 12.8 years 8
2000s 12.41 years 12.08 years 12.7 years 3
2010s 13.37 years 13.25 years 13.5 years 2

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 81 Brunei 13.61 years compare
  2. 82 Brazil 13.56 years compare
  3. 83 Indonesia 13.55 years compare
  4. 85 Dominican Republic 13.46 years
  5. 86 Eswatini 13.42 years compare
  6. 87 Tonga 13.35 years compare

See the full ranking of 220 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Kuwait?
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Kuwait was 13.5 years in 2015, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 13.5 years in 2015.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 7.1 years in 1992.
How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male?
Kuwait ranks 84th out of 175 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?
The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male (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
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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.