Kuwait's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) was 85.74% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 10.33 percentage points from 96.08% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 85.74% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 96.08% | 2015 |
| Highest | 98.42% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 57.06% | 1976 |
| Average since 2011 | 92.39% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 95.09% | 1972 |
Over five years it is down 10.33 percentage points from 96.08% in 2015. Since 1972 it is down 9.34 percentage points from 95.09% in 1972. The World Bank has no value for 19 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2020, Kuwait's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) fell 8.21 percentage points on 2019 (from 93.95% to 85.74%).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2019), the average change was +0.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.3 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.21 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.76 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 46% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Kuwait had the 7th highest value of the 11 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 | 85.74% | 2020 |
| World | 78.85% | 2023 |
| High income | 92.97% | 2023 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2020 ranking
- Tunisia — 4th of 11: 97.3%
- China — 5th of 11: 96.79%
- Liechtenstein — 6th of 11: 96.27%
- Gambia, The — 8th of 11: 78.22%
- United Arab Emirates — 9th of 11: 73.88%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 10th of 11: 73.29%
What this measures
Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
Limitations: The estimates have limitations in capturing real trend in that an observed rate will be applied to the underlying indicators such as repetition rate and promotion rate throughout the cohort life, and re-entrants, grade skipping, migration or transfers during a school year are not adequately captured.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 30 values
| Year | Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 85.74 |
| 2019 | 93.95 |
| 2018 | 88.54 |
| 2017 | 92.77 |
| 2016 | 92.27 |
| 2015 | 96.08 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 95.7 |
| 2011 | 94.07 |
| 2010 |
Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 92.68% (2021)
- Bahrain — 96.42% (2023)
- Djibouti — 72.68% (2022)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 99.75% (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 94.67% (2022)
- Israel — 98.18% (2023)
- Jordan — 95.19% (2023)
- Lebanon — 92.7% (2022)
- Malta — 96.34% (2021)
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 persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)?
- 85.74% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is down 9.34 percentage points from 95.09% in 1972. The highest value was 98.42% in 2003 and the lowest 57.06% in 1976.
- How does Kuwait rank?
- 7th highest of 11 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2020, Kuwait's persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) fell 8.21 percentage points on 2019 (from 93.95% to 85.74%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (1973 to 2019), the average change was +0.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.13 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.8 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.PRSL.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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