School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Kuwait
Kuwait: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male was 13.5 years in 2015. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male in Kuwait, 1971–2015
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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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More gender data for Kuwait
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 24,181 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 25,253 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 25,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 26,723 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 26,893 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 27,860 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 27,312 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 28,294 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 28,118 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 28,710 (2025)
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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About this data
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.