Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Kuwait

Population with tertiary education in Kuwait in 2018 — 11.12%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 101. Since 2005, the indicator has risen by 2.65 pp.

2018 11.12% +0.45 pp vs 2017
World rank 66of 101
Period maximum 11.12%2018
Period minimum 8.07%2007

Trend over time

2005–2018 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Kuwait, 2005–201889101112200520072009201120132015201720182005: 8.46%2006: 8.3%2007: 8.07%2008: 8.28%2012: 9.52%2013: 8.71%2015: 9.59%2017: 10.67%2018: 11.12%
Change over the period: +2.65 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Kuwait 11.12%
Western Asia computed 21.31%
Population with tertiary education — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 11.12 +0.45 pp
2017 10.67
2015 9.59
2013 8.71 −0.81 pp
2012 9.52
2008 8.28 +0.21 pp
2007 8.07 −0.23 pp
2006 8.3 −0.16 pp
2005 8.46

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

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