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Education > Participation Stats: compare key data on Kuwait & United States

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  • Children out of school > Elementary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Children out of school > Elementary > Female: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Secondary education > General pupils > % female: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > Vocational pupils > % female: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training."
  • Total enrollment > Primary > Male > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Total enrollment > Primary > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment."
  • School enrollment > Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Total enrollment > Primary > Female > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • School enrollment > Primary > Private > % of total primary: Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Children out of school > Elementary > Male: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
STAT Kuwait United States HISTORY
Children out of school > Elementary 14,384
Ranked 64th.
1.71 million
Ranked 4th. 119 times more than Kuwait

Children out of school > Elementary > Female 8,010
Ranked 60th.
769,923
Ranked 4th. 96 times more than Kuwait

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 101.13%
Ranked 37th. 1% more than United States
100.09%
Ranked 51st.

School enrollment > Primary > Female > % gross 94.61%
Ranked 107th.
99.11%
Ranked 89th. 5% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 86.62%
Ranked 79th.
92.61%
Ranked 54th. 7% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Secondary > % net 79.88%
Ranked 50th.
88.31%
Ranked 22nd. 11% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % gross 91.43%
Ranked 51st.
93.87%
Ranked 43th. 3% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Secondary > Female > % net 80.18%
Ranked 50th.
88.98%
Ranked 21st. 11% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross 12.42%
Ranked 81st.
69.36%
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Kuwait

Secondary education > General pupils 246,005
Ranked 88th.
24.69 million
Ranked 2nd. 100 times more than Kuwait

Secondary education > General pupils > % female 50.08%
Ranked 69th. 3% more than United States
48.63%
Ranked 95th.

Secondary education > Pupils 248,895
Ranked 94th.
24.43 million
Ranked 3rd. 98 times more than Kuwait

Secondary education > Pupils > % female 49.43%
Ranked 47th. 2% more than United States
48.63%
Ranked 69th.

Secondary education > Vocational pupils > % female 6.59%
Ranked 101st.
0.0
Ranked 111th.

Total enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 94.25%
Ranked 52nd. 2% more than United States
92.62%
Ranked 60th.

School enrollment > Secondary > Private > % of total secondary 29.48%
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than United States
8.78%
Ranked 68th.

School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross 18.9%
Ranked 71st.
82.92%
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross 26.62%
Ranked 64th.
97.14%
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Kuwait

Total enrollment > Primary > % net 93.42%
Ranked 63th. About the same as United States
93.14%
Ranked 64th.

School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net 79.59%
Ranked 44th.
87.68%
Ranked 18th. 10% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 76.43%
Ranked 46th. 32% more than United States
57.81%
Ranked 64th.

School enrollment > Primary > % net 87.61%
Ranked 83th.
91.97%
Ranked 56th. 5% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross 96.32%
Ranked 114th.
98.45%
Ranked 102nd. 2% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 88.57%
Ranked 79th.
91.37%
Ranked 60th. 3% more than Kuwait

Total enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 92.56%
Ranked 61st.
93.68%
Ranked 53th. 1% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Primary > Private > % of total primary 37.63%
Ranked 13th. 4 times more than United States
9.68%
Ranked 58th.

School enrollment > Secondary > % gross 89.82%
Ranked 56th.
94.11%
Ranked 41st. 5% more than Kuwait

School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 88.31%
Ranked 56th.
94.34%
Ranked 38th. 7% more than Kuwait

Children out of school > Elementary > Male 6,374
Ranked 65th.
944,307
Ranked 4th. 148 times more than Kuwait

SOURCES: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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