Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Kuwait

Gross tertiary enrolment in Kuwait was 51.9% in 2021.

Measure: Tertiary education enrolment (gross) Unit: % of the population in the five years after secondary school age Data: 1971 to 2021 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Kuwait is for 2021. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Kuwait, 2021 51.9% % of the population in the five years after secondary school age
Change from 2020 −1.8percentage points 2020: 53.7%
World, 2021 41.1% Official aggregate

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) in Kuwait over time

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% of the population in the five years after secondary school age. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education enrolment (gross) (% of the population in the five years after secondary school age), 2001 to 2024
Period KuwaitWorld
2024 – 43.6%
2023 – 43.2%
2022 – 42.0%
2021 51.9% 41.1%
2020 53.7% 39.7%
2019 50.4% 38.7%
2018 52.1% 37.9%
2017 54.9% 37.5%
2016 59.2% 37.1%
2015 58.9% 36.6%
2014 55.9% 35.6%
2013 – 33.1%
2012 – 32.3%
2011 – 31.1%
2010 – 29.6%
2009 – 28.3%
2008 – 27.4%
2007 – 26.3%
2006 – 25.7%
2005 – 24.3%
2004 20.0% 23.6%
2003 19.6% 22.8%
2002 19.3% 21.6%
2001 18.3% 20.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.8 percentage points from 53.7% in 2020.
  • Since 2002, when it was 19.3%, the figure has changed by +32.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 41.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SE.TER.ENRR · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1971 to 2021 for Kuwait
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UNESCO Institute for Statistics