Kuwait's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) was 93.37% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.02 percentage points from 99.38% in 2008.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 93.37% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 104.73% | 2013 |
| Ten years earlier | 99.38% | 2008 |
| Highest | 110.84% | 2011 |
| Lowest | 49.84% | 1971 |
| Average since 2010 | 101.9% | 2010–2018 |
| First recorded | 49.84% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2018, Kuwait's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) rose 0.58 percentage points on 2017 (from 92.78% to 93.37%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2017), the average change was +1.53 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.43 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.39 percentage points in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.94 percentage points in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2018, Kuwait had the 66th highest value of the 79 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 93.37% | 2018 |
| World | 103.55% | 2018 |
| High income | 98.36% | 2018 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2018 ranking
- El Salvador — 62nd of 79: 95.22%
- Azerbaijan — 63rd of 79: 94.87%
- Belarus — 64th of 79: 94.2%
- Suriname — 66th of 79: 92.78%
- Armenia — 67th of 79: 92.51%
- Saudi Arabia — 68th of 79: 92.13%
What this measures
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 39 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 93.37 |
| 2017 | 92.78 |
| 2016 | 96.96 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 104.73 |
| 2012 | 109.71 |
| 2011 | 110.84 |
| 2010 | 104.89 |
| 2009 | no data |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 90.45% (2018)
- Algeria — 101.51% (2018)
- Bahrain — 89.51% (2018)
- Djibouti — 75.79% (2019)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 102.41% (2018)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 104.64% (2017)
- Israel — 104.88% (2017)
- Jordan
More education data for Kuwait
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 5 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 11 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) — 1.15 (2021)
- Primary education, pupils — 265,113 (2021)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 82.36% (2021)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 88.67% (2021)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 77.02% (2021)
- Primary education, teachers — 32,782 (2021)
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Questions people ask
- What is Kuwait's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group)?
- 93.37% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 43.53 percentage points from 49.84% in 1971. The highest value was 110.84% in 2011 and the lowest 49.84% in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank?
- 66th highest of 79 economies with data for 2018.
- Is the latest change in gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group) unusual for Kuwait?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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