Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Kuwait

Children out of school in Kuwait in 2016 — 21,183 people. Ranked 82 in the world out of 146. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 51.6%.

2016 21,183 people +169% vs 2015
World rank 82of 146
Period maximum 63,522 people1992
Period minimum 145 people2011

Trend over time

1971–2016 · people

Children out of school — Kuwait, 1971–2016020,00040,00060,00080,00019711976198119861991199620012006201120161971: 43,726 people1972: 43,401 people1973: 42,101 people1974: 42,675 people1975: 42,689 people1976: 41,604 people1977: 37,585 people1978: 27,254 people1979: 30,038 people1980: 33,167 people1981: 34,241 people1982: 34,382 people1983: 34,203 people1984: 36,874 people1985: 39,468 people1986: 41,732 people1987: 53,453 people1988: 56,663 people1992: 63,522 people1994: 42,880 people1996: 41,830 people1997: 45,734 people1998: 27,064 people1999: 26,628 people2000: 22,812 people2001: 16,048 people2002: 8,178 people2003: 3,868 people2004: 3,615 people2005: 5,155 people2007: 965 people2008: 1,604 people2010: 993 people2011: 145 people2012: 2,880 people2013: 4,275 people2014: 5,078 people2015: 7,875 people2016: 21,183 people
Change over the period: −22,543 (−51.56%) Average annual rate: -1.6 %

Comparison, 2016

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kuwait

Kuwait 21,183 people
World computed 29.38M people
Middle East & North Africa computed 3.99M people
Western Asia computed 2.03M people
High-income countries computed 935,571 people
Children out of school — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2016 21,183 +13,308 +169%
2015 7,875 +2,797 +55.08%
2014 5,078 +803 +18.78%
2013 4,275 +1,395 +48.46%
2012 2,880 +2,734 +1,882.72%
2011 145 −848 −85.38%
2010 993
2008 1,604 +639 +66.22%
2007 965
2005 5,155 +1,540 +42.6%
2004 3,615 −253 −6.54%
2003 3,868 −4,310 −52.7%
2002 8,178 −7,870 −49.04%
2001 16,048 −6,764 −29.65%
2000 22,812 −3,816 −14.33%
1999 26,628 −436 −1.61%
1998 27,064 −18,670 −40.82%
1997 45,734 +3,904 +9.33%
1996 41,830
1994 42,880
1992 63,522
1988 56,663 +3,210 +6.01%
1987 53,453 +11,721 +28.09%
1986 41,732 +2,264 +5.74%
1985 39,468 +2,594 +7.03%
1984 36,874 +2,671 +7.81%
1983 34,203 −179 −0.52%
1982 34,382 +141 +0.41%
1981 34,241 +1,074 +3.24%
1980 33,167 +3,129 +10.42%
1979 30,038 +2,784 +10.22%
1978 27,254 −10,331 −27.49%
1977 37,585 −4,019 −9.66%
1976 41,604 −1,085 −2.54%
1975 42,689 +14 +0.03%
1974 42,675 +574 +1.36%
1973 42,101 −1,300 −3%
1972 43,401 −325 −0.74%
1971 43,726

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.