Kuwait's literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) was 99.1% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.04 percentage points from 99.06% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 99.1% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 99.15% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 99.06% | 2010 |
| Highest | 99.69% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 77.69% | 1975 |
| Average since 2012 | 99.01% | 2012–2020 |
| First recorded | 77.69% | 1975 |
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 99.1% | 2020 |
| World | 94.13% | 2024 |
What this measures
Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
Limitations: In practice, literacy is difficult to measure. Estimating literacy rates requires census or survey measurements under controlled conditions. Many countries report the number of literate people from self-reported data. Some use educational attainment data as a proxy but apply different lengths of school attendance or levels of completion. And there is a trend among recent national and international surveys toward using a direct reading test of literacy skills. Because definitions and methods of data collection differ across countries, data should be used cautiously.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 15 values
| Year | Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 99.1 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | 98.78 |
| 2017 | 99.06 |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | 99.15 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 99.25 |
| 2012 | 98.74 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 |
Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24) in nearby economies
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 95.51% (2022)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 98.85% (2023)
- Jordan — 98.48% (2024)
- Pakistan — 79.46% (2021)
- Tunisia — 98.19% (2023)
- West Bank and Gaza — 99.94% (2024)
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 literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24)?
- 99.1% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 21.41 percentage points from 77.69% in 1975. The highest value was 99.69% in 2005 and the lowest 77.69% in 1975.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.ADT.1524.LT.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. 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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