World Bank · Education

Kuwait: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people 15+)

96.46percent · 2020+3.4% since 2005

Adult literacy rate. Annual figures for Kuwait from 1975 to 2020.

19752020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202096.46
201896.06
201796.04
201595.69
201395.59
201295.51
201094.47
200893.9
200793.66
200693.28
200593.27
199578.4
198574.49
198067.52
197559.56

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World Bank (2026). Literacy rate, adult total (% of people 15+). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-literacy-rate (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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