School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kuwait

Kuwait: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 1.06 GPI in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
1.06 GPI
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
21st
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.14 GPI
in 2000
All-time low
0.84 GPI
in 1975
Years of data
48
1971–2019

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2019

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Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 1.06 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2019.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.14 GPI in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.84 GPI, in 1975.

Kuwait ranks 21st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8826 GPI 0.84 GPI 0.9357 GPI 9
1980s 0.9386 GPI 0.8623 GPI 1 GPI 10
1990s 0.9703 GPI 0.8748 GPI 1.13 GPI 10
2000s 1.03 GPI 0.9374 GPI 1.14 GPI 9
2010s 1.01 GPI 0.977 GPI 1.06 GPI 10

Countries ranked near Kuwait

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  3. 20 Guinea-Bissau 1.06 GPI compare
  4. 22 Niger 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 23 Sri Lanka 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 24 Samoa 1.06 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kuwait?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.06 GPI in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 1.14 GPI in 2000.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 0.84 GPI in 1975.
How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Kuwait ranks 21st out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
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Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.