Adult literacy rate in Kuwait
96.5% of adults in Kuwait could read and write in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1975.
The latest value for Kuwait is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2022.
Kuwait, 2020
96.5%
Change from 2018
+0.4percentage points
World, 2020
87.0%
Adult literacy rate in Kuwait over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of people aged 15 and above. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 87.7% |
| 2023 | – | 87.6% |
| 2022 | – | 87.4% |
| 2021 | – | 87.2% |
| 2020 | 96.5% | 87.0% |
| 2019 | – | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 96.1% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | – | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 95.7% | 86.0% |
| 2014 | – | 85.6% |
| 2013 | 95.6% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | 95.5% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | – | 84.7% |
| 2010 | 94.5% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | – | 83.8% |
| 2008 | 93.9% | 83.5% |
| 2007 | 93.7% | 83.1% |
| 2006 | 93.3% | 82.5% |
| 2005 | 93.3% | 82.6% |
| 2004 | – | 82.6% |
| 2003 | – | 82.2% |
| 2002 | – | 81.7% |
| 2001 | – | 81.4% |
| 2000 | – | 81.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 96.1% in 2018, a change of +0.4 percentage points.
- Since 2005, when it was 93.3%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 87.0%.