School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait

Kuwait: School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index was 1.07 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
1.07 GPI
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
49th
of 195 countries
All-time high
1.11 GPI
in 2005
All-time low
0.8129 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
43
1971–2015

School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2015

00.250.50.7511971199320151971: 0.813 GPI1972: 0.822 GPI1973: 0.833 GPI1974: 0.851 GPI1975: 0.866 GPI1976: 0.885 GPI1977: 0.89 GPI1978: 0.885 GPI1979: 0.873 GPI1980: 0.862 GPI1981: 0.851 GPI1982: 0.866 GPI1983: 0.877 GPI1984: 0.908 GPI1985: 0.931 GPI1986: 0.945 GPI1987: 0.928 GPI1988: 0.92 GPI1989: 0.918 GPI1990: 0.934 GPI1992: 0.982 GPI1993: 0.995 GPI1994: 1 GPI1995: 1.1 GPI1996: 1.1 GPI1997: 1.1 GPI1998: 1.1 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2004: 1.1 GPI2005: 1.1 GPI2006: 1.1 GPI2007: 1 GPI2008: 1.1 GPI2009: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 0.978 GPI2012: 1.1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1.1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait is 1.07 GPI, measured in 2015.

The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.11 GPI in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.8129 GPI, in 1971.

That places Kuwait 49th out of 195 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.8575 GPI 0.8129 GPI 0.8904 GPI 9
1980s 0.9008 GPI 0.8514 GPI 0.9454 GPI 10
1990s 1.03 GPI 0.9337 GPI 1.09 GPI 9
2000s 1.05 GPI 1.01 GPI 1.11 GPI 9
2010s 1.04 GPI 0.978 GPI 1.07 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 46 Comoros 1.07 GPI compare
  2. 47 Seychelles 1.07 GPI compare
  3. 48 Costa Rica 1.07 GPI compare
  4. 50 Bahamas 1.06 GPI compare
  5. 51 Tanzania 1.06 GPI compare
  6. 52 Nepal 1.06 GPI compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait?
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.07 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 1.11 GPI in 2005.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8129 GPI in 1971.
How does Kuwait rank for school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index?
Kuwait ranks 49th out of 195 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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, secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

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.