Kuwait's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) was 80.43% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 19.95 percentage points from 100.38% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 80.43% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 95.31% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 100.38% | 2011 |
| Highest | 113.92% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 45.67% | 1974 |
| Average since 2012 | 89.34% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 53.57% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Kuwait's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) fell 2.96 percentage points on 2020 (from 83.39% to 80.43%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2020), the average change was +1.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 22.04 percentage points in 1976 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.18 percentage points in 1995. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.98 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 89% 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 80.43% | 2021 |
| World | 88.02% | 2024 |
| High income | 97.84% | 2024 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2021 ranking
- Tunisia — 1st of 5: 93.63%
- Liechtenstein — 2nd of 5: 88.94%
- Suriname — 4th of 5: 75.24%
- Chad — 5th of 5: 41.85%
What this measures
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.
Limitations: The data do not account for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Therefore, this rate serves as a proxy and should be considered an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 40 values
| Year | Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 80.43 |
| 2020 | 83.39 |
| 2019 | 82.51 |
| 2018 | 88.44 |
| 2017 | 90.59 |
| 2016 | 95.31 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 97.55 |
| 2012 | 96.51 |
| 2011 |
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 90.31% (2023)
- Algeria — 98.24% (2025)
- Bahrain — 94.11% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 98.21% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 97.44% (2023)
- Israel — 96.97% (2024)
- Jordan — 97.05% (2024)
- Lebanon — 67.27% (2023)
- Malta — 97.1% (2023)
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 primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 80.43% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 26.87 percentage points from 53.57% in 1971. The highest value was 113.92% in 2005 and the lowest 45.67% in 1974.
- Is the latest change in primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2021, Kuwait's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) fell 2.96 percentage points on 2020 (from 83.39% to 80.43%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1974 to 2020), the average change was +1.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.78 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.CMPT.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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