Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Kuwait

Kuwait: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education was 42.6% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
42.6%
World rank
66th
of 144 countries
All-time high
97.1%
in 1975
All-time low
42.6%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Kuwait, 1960–2010

0204060801001960198520101960: 89.61965: 89.51970: 89.41975: 97.11980: 93.41985: 75.81990: 801995: 862000: 68.12005: 46.32010: 42.6

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Kuwait stood at 42.6%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 37.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Kuwait peaked at 97.1% in 1975 and was at its lowest, 42.6%, in 2010.

Kuwait ranks 66th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 89.5% 89.5% 89.6% 2
1970s 93.2% 89.4% 97.1% 2
1980s 84.6% 75.8% 93.4% 2
1990s 83.0% 80.0% 86.0% 2
2000s 57.2% 46.3% 68.1% 2
2010s 42.6% 42.6% 42.6% 1

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 63 Cuba 44.3% compare
  2. 64 Brazil 44.1% compare
  3. 65 Hong Kong (China) 43.9% compare
  4. 67 China (People’s Republic of) 40.7% compare
  5. 68 Qatar 39.9% compare
  6. 69 Mexico 39.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Kuwait?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Kuwait was 42.6% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 1975.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 42.6% in 2010.
How does Kuwait rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education?
Kuwait ranks 66th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 75+ with no education