Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait

Kuwait: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index was 1.05 GPI in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
1.05 GPI
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
17th
of 135 countries
All-time high
1.06 GPI
in 1994
All-time low
0.8007 GPI
in 1971
Years of data
15
1971–2015

Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait, 1971–2015

00.250.50.7511971199320151971: 0.801 GPI1972: 0.85 GPI1973: 0.84 GPI1992: 1 GPI1994: 1.1 GPI1999: 0.939 GPI2000: 0.884 GPI2001: 0.922 GPI2003: 1 GPI2010: 1 GPI2011: 0.986 GPI2012: 1 GPI2013: 1 GPI2014: 1 GPI2015: 1.1 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 1.05 GPI for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in 2015.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait peaked at 1.06 GPI in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.8007 GPI, in 1971.

That places Kuwait 17th out of 135 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.83 GPI 0.8007 GPI 0.8496 GPI 3
1990s 1.01 GPI 0.9394 GPI 1.06 GPI 3
2000s 0.9472 GPI 0.8842 GPI 1.04 GPI 3
2010s 1.02 GPI 0.9863 GPI 1.05 GPI 6

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 14 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.06 GPI compare
  2. 15 Mongolia 1.05 GPI compare
  3. 16 Ghana 1.05 GPI compare
  4. 18 Albania 1.05 GPI compare
  5. 19 Botswana 1.05 GPI compare
  6. 20 Aruba 1.04 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait?
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index in Kuwait was 1.05 GPI in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 1.06 GPI in 1994.
What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8007 GPI in 1971.
How does Kuwait rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index?
Kuwait ranks 17th out of 135 countries with data for 2015.
Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,032 data points, 1970–2019
Last refreshed

Ratio of female total net enrolment rate for lower secondary to the male total net enrolment rate for lower secondary. 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.