Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait
Kuwait: Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index was 1.13 index in 2021. ▲ Rising
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2021
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.13 index for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.19 index in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.8105 index, in 1971.
Kuwait ranks 4th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.8105 index | — |
| 1972 | 0.9076 index | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 0.9058 index | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.9202 index | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.9222 index | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 0.9347 index | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.9614 index | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 0.962 index | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 1 index | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1.02 index | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 1.03 index | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1.04 index | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.04 index | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 1.02 index | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 1.01 index | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 1.01 index | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 1 index | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 1.02 index | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 1.02 index | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 1.02 index | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.9651 index | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 1 index | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 1.01 index | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.01 index | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 1.04 index | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 0.9921 index | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 0.9947 index | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.9965 index | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.9959 index | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1.01 index | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.01 index | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.01 index | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1.02 index | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.02 index | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.01 index | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.02 index | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 1.01 index | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.02 index | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1.02 index | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1.01 index | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1.01 index | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.02 index | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1.04 index | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.03 index | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.06 index | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.1 index | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 1.09 index | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1.15 index | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 1.19 index | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 1.15 index | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.13 index | -1.9% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 1.13 index is above the median for high income countries, which is 1 index, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 1.13 index is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9987 index, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9252 index | 0.8105 index | 1 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 1.02 index | 1 index | 1.04 index | 10 |
| 1990s | 1 index | 0.9651 index | 1.04 index | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 index | 1.01 index | 1.02 index | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.07 index | 1.01 index | 1.19 index | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 index | 1.13 index | 1.15 index | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait?
- Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.13 index in 2021, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 index in 2019.
- What is the lowest primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8105 index in 1971.
- How does Kuwait rank for primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index?
- Kuwait ranks 4th out of 215 countries with data for 2021.
- Is primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Primary school life expectancy, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equality in the expected number of years a child of school entrance age is likely to spend in primary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.