Kuwait Literacy Rate 1975-2025

Kuwait literacy rate for 2020 was 96.46%, a 0.4% increase from 2018.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2018 was 96.06%, a 0.02% increase from 2017.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2017 was 96.04%, a 0.35% increase from 2015.
  • Kuwait literacy rate for 2015 was 95.69%, a 0.1% increase from 2013.
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.
Region Rankings
Country NameLiteracy Rate
North America98.74%
OECD members97.05%
East Asia & Pacific96.00%
Latin America & Caribbean 94.20%
World86.71%
South Asia72.66%
Sub-Saharan Africa 67.55%
Country Rankings
Country NameLiteracy Rate
Kazakhstan99.80%
Armenia99.79%
Mongolia99.18%
Spain98.59%
Philippines98.47%
Aruba97.99%
Saudi Arabia97.59%
West Bank and Gaza97.51%
Singapore97.13%
China96.74%
Kuwait96.46%
Seychelles96.20%
Indonesia96.00%
Colombia95.64%
Mexico95.25%
Paraguay94.54%
Peru94.50%
Bolivia93.85%
Ecuador93.63%
Sri Lanka92.38%
El Salvador89.98%
Eswatini89.28%
Zambia87.50%
Ghana80.38%
Cameroon78.23%
Bangladesh74.91%
Timor-Leste69.90%
Mozambique59.78%
Central African Republic37.49%
Mali30.76%