El Salvador vs Kuwait: UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+

El Salvador
7.27
in 2017
Kuwait
6.83
in 2018
El Salvador rank
83rd
Kuwait rank
85th

UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 7.27 against 6.83 in Kuwait, a difference of 0.44.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2006 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 83rd and Kuwait ranks 85th of 91 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kuwait Difference Ahead
2000s 6.44 6.05 0.3904 El Salvador
2010s 7.04 6.81 0.2323 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+, El Salvador or Kuwait?
El Salvador, at 7.27 against 6.83 in Kuwait as of 2017.
What is the difference in uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+ between El Salvador and Kuwait?
0.44, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
6 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2017.
How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for uis: mean years of schooling (isced 1 or higher), population 25+?
El Salvador ranks 83rd and Kuwait ranks 85th of 91 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
UIS: Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years, male
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,015 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Mean years of schooling (MYS) provides the average number of years of education (primary/ISCED 1 or higher) completed by a country’s male adult population (25 years and older), excluding years spent repeating grades. For further information and specific calculation methods, visit the UNESCO Institute for Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/