Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia

Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Girls in primary school

Girls in primary school in 2018: 86.9% in Kuwait and 94.4% in Saudi Arabia, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 7.6 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Kuwait.

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% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Girls in primary schoolGirls in primary school in 2018: 86.9% in Kuwait and 94.4% in Saudi Arabia, by Our World in Data estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 7.6 percentage points, or 1.09 times that in Kuwait.
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What the numbers say

  • Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2016.
  • The world as a whole: 88.2% in 2018.

Every year

% of girls of primary-school age · Our World in Data

YearKuwaitSaudi ArabiaWorld
201886.994.488.2
201787.195.388.2
201692.195.688.3
2015––88.2
2014––88.3
2013––88.2
2012––88.2
2011–97.188.1
2010–96.987.9
2009–90.687.9
2008––87.6
2007––87.2
2006––86
200594.9–85.4
2004––84.7
2003––83.5
200293.9–81.4
200188.8–81
200086.2–80.7
199985.5–79.9
1998––78.9
199784.2–78.1
199685.5–77.9
1995––78
199467.7–78.3
1993––78
199246.6–77.7
1991––77.8
1990––77.3
1989––77.6
198878.5–76.6
198779.7–75.8
198684.4–75.3
198584.8–74
198080–75.8
197564–72.9
197054–69
196551–66
196061–63.1
195550.9–57.4
195031.8–51.4
194521.9–43.5
194014.2–40
19358.7–38.2
19305–36.4
19252.7–33
19201.2–30.5
19150.4–29.2
19100–28.1
19050–25.1
19000–23.3
18950–21.8
18900–20
18850–19
18800–17.2
18750–15.7
18700–13.2
18650–10.6
18600–9.3
18550–8
18500–6.8
18450–5.9
18400–5.2
18350–4.5
18300–4
18250–3.5
18200–3.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of girls of primary-school age who are enrolled in school.
  • Source: Our World in Data, joining historical estimates to the World Bank’s.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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