Kuwait Literacy Rate 1960-2024

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2022 was 0.00%, a 0% increase from 2021.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2021 was 0.00%, a 96.46% decline from 2020.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2020 was 96.46%, a 96.46% increase from 2019.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2019 was 0.00%, a 96.06% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Literacy Rate
UAE 98.29%
Oman 97.34%
Chile 97.16%
Bermuda 0.00%
Cayman Islands 0.00%
France 0.00%
Croatia 0.00%
St. Kitts and Nevis 0.00%
St. Martin (French part) 0.00%
Saudi Arabia 0.00%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00%
Andorra 0.00%
Bahamas 0.00%
Curacao 0.00%
Finland 0.00%
Hong Kong 0.00%
Japan 0.00%
Macao 0.00%
New Zealand 0.00%
Qatar 0.00%
Seychelles 0.00%
Aruba 0.00%
Bahrain 0.00%
Estonia 0.00%
Guam 0.00%
Italy 0.00%
Latvia 0.00%
Norway 0.00%
French Polynesia 0.00%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00%
Belgium 0.00%
Channel Islands 0.00%
Spain 0.00%
Greenland 0.00%
Israel 0.00%
Luxembourg 0.00%
Netherlands 0.00%
Portugal 0.00%
Sweden 0.00%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0.00%
Austria 0.00%
Switzerland 0.00%
Denmark 0.00%
Greece 0.00%
Iceland 0.00%
Lithuania 0.00%
New Caledonia 0.00%
Puerto Rico 0.00%
Slovenia 0.00%
British Virgin Islands 0.00%
Australia 0.00%
Canada 0.00%
Germany 0.00%
Gibraltar 0.00%
Ireland 0.00%
Liechtenstein 0.00%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.00%
Poland 0.00%
Slovak Republic 0.00%
United States 0.00%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.00%
Brunei 0.00%
Czech Republic 0.00%
United Kingdom 0.00%
Isle of Man 0.00%
Kuwait 0.00%
Malta 0.00%
Palau 0.00%
San Marino 0.00%
Uruguay 0.00%
Argentina 0.00%
Barbados 0.00%
Cyprus 0.00%
Faroe Islands 0.00%
Hungary 0.00%
South Korea 0.00%
Monaco 0.00%
Panama 0.00%
Singapore 0.00%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.00%
Kuwait Literacy Rate - Historical Data
Year Literacy Rate Annual Change
2022 0.00% 0.00%
2021 0.00% -96.46%
2020 96.46% 96.46%
2019 0.00% -96.06%
2018 96.06% 0.02%
2017 96.04% 96.04%
2016 0.00% -95.69%
2015 95.69% 95.69%
2014 0.00% -95.59%
2013 95.59% 0.07%
2012 95.51% 95.51%
2011 0.00% -94.47%
2010 94.47% 94.47%
2009 0.00% -93.90%
2008 93.90% 0.23%
2007 93.66% 0.38%
2006 93.28% 0.01%
2005 93.27% 93.27%
2004 0.00% 0.00%
2003 0.00% 0.00%
2002 0.00% 0.00%
2001 0.00% 0.00%
2000 0.00% 0.00%
1999 0.00% 0.00%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% -78.40%
1995 78.40% 78.40%
1994 0.00% 0.00%
1993 0.00% 0.00%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% 0.00%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% -74.49%
1985 74.49% 74.49%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% -67.52%
1980 67.52% 67.52%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% -59.56%
1975 59.56% 59.56%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%