Kuwait: Population aged 10 and above by nationality (Kuwaiti/ non-Kuwaiti), sex, age group and highest education level reached (December 2016)

	Kuwaitis
	10-14		15-19		20-24		25-29		30-34		35-39		40-44		45-49		50-54		55-59		60-64		>64		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Illiterate	0	1	3	1	5	13	6	12	1	28	0	21	1	16	3	39	2	60	112	2,740	111	4,025	2,023	14,817	2,267	21,773
Read &Write	23	13	6	18	2	20	6	143	14	230	10	143	48	67	10	24	7	31	256	1,128	360	1,366	3,357	3,823	4,099	7,006
Primary	39,175	40,229	17,200	13,267	11,365	4,300	7,385	3,732	3,633	1,959	3,554	2,214	4,884	2,531	2,722	2,339	1,535	2,310	1,304	1,925	1,260	1,758	3,358	2,676	97,375	79,240
Intermediate	0	0	37,955	36,667	25,297	20,340	12,880	5,723	12,695	6,866	10,384	6,785	9,408	8,659	9,847	9,098	6,663	6,638	4,307	4,459	3,191	3,349	3,808	3,131	136,435	111,715
Secondary	0	0	5,542	9,880	22,416	31,325	17,387	18,261	13,945	10,717	11,250	8,844	7,298	5,836	6,189	5,432	5,899	4,513	3,241	2,784	2,019	1,632	1,955	1,177	97,141	100,401
Diploma	0	0	0	0	1,616	1,511	6,266	8,970	7,700	12,782	5,810	8,079	4,794	5,559	4,201	4,204	3,804	4,247	3,194	3,980	2,295	2,764	2,154	1,752	41,834	53,848
University	0	0	0	0	1,531	3,375	7,626	14,530	7,365	15,215	6,187	14,540	5,524	12,524	4,328	8,759	4,771	6,632	4,013	4,364	2,651	2,305	2,723	1,399	46,719	83,643
Post Graduate	0	0	0	0	0	1	52	50	180	209	249	226	256	150	327	161	348	128	607	193	634	215	899	250	3,552	1,583
Not Stated	36,588	33,424	6,617	4,714	2,868	2,134	2,470	2,565	1,758	2,376	1,500	2,284	1,643	3,100	1,410	3,523	1,275	3,960	511	849	517	360	1,230	745	58,387	60,034
Total	75,786	73,667	67,323	64,547	65,100	63,019	54,078	53,986	47,291	50,382	38,944	43,136	33,856	38,442	29,037	33,579	24,304	28,519	17,545	22,422	13,038	17,774	21,507	29,770	487,809	519,243

	Non-Kuwaitis
	10-14		15-19		20-24		25-29		30-34		35-39		40-44		45-49		50-54		55-59		60-64		>64		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Illiterate	180	172	153	156	2,581	932	6,514	4,279	8,293	4,568	7,943	4,266	8,264	4,623	10,352	5,026	10,318	4,505	6,694	3,503	3,657	2,357	3,587	4,898	68,536	39,285
Read &Write	3,519	3,059	5,101	4,714	53,520	13,725	146,128	60,570	142,863	61,957	119,409	52,868	88,695	39,640	65,239	26,415	37,549	13,268	20,236	5,836	9,034	2,516	5,221	2,241	696,514	286,809
Primary	18,542	17,770	10,569	9,437	13,247	9,571	11,793	7,310	11,748	7,050	12,285	6,650	11,236	5,446	11,112	3,582	10,021	2,209	7,462	1,354	4,170	806	3,008	844	125,193	72,029
Intermediate	0	0	16,953	16,011	41,262	15,317	99,130	35,538	100,709	34,456	83,045	29,684	61,950	24,098	46,649	16,178	26,171	7,936	15,375	3,676	6,893	1,764	3,627	1,491	501,764	186,149
Secondary	0	0	1,593	2,543	10,515	8,846	25,014	15,964	32,576	18,863	28,162	15,465	24,041	11,240	22,950	9,086	16,803	6,750	11,261	4,161	6,563	2,159	3,555	1,618	183,033	96,695
Diploma	0	0	0	0	1,265	528	5,364	2,573	7,081	3,783	6,499	2,840	5,737	2,507	5,277	2,076	3,915	1,662	2,514	1,225	1,759	903	1,165	632	40,576	18,729
University	0	0	0	0	799	1,176	10,269	8,908	14,905	12,509	13,463	9,095	10,821	6,691	8,961	4,308	8,872	3,522	7,101	2,554	5,197	1,628	4,685	1,035	85,073	51,426
Post Graduate	0	0	0	0	14	15	124	129	540	350	815	380	650	257	451	156	460	130	466	124	460	98	741	108	4,721	1,747
Not Stated	34,021	31,702	9,378	8,366	5,733	3,244	7,905	3,112	19,815	5,381	58,938	9,386	42,749	8,768	26,476	7,114	14,058	4,443	6,816	2,143	2,929	746	1,932	912	230,750	85,317
Total	56,262	52,703	43,747	41,227	128,936	53,354	312,241	138,383	338,530	148,917	330,559	130,634	254,143	103,270	197,467	73,941	128,167	44,425	77,925	24,576	40,662	12,977	27,521	13,779	1,936,160	838,186

	Total population aged 10+
	10-14		15-19		20-24		25-29		30-34		35-39		40-44		45-49		50-54		55-59		60-64		>64		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Illiterate	180	173	156	157	2,586	945	6,520	4,291	8,294	4,596	7,943	4,287	8,265	4,639	10,355	5,065	10,320	4,565	6,806	6,243	3,768	6,382	5,610	19,715	70,803	61,058
Read &Write	3,542	3,072	5,107	4,732	53,522	13,745	146,134	60,713	142,877	62,187	119,419	53,011	88,743	39,707	65,249	26,439	37,556	13,299	20,492	6,964	9,394	3,882	8,578	6,064	700,613	293,815
Primary	57,717	57,999	27,769	22,704	24,612	13,871	19,178	11,042	15,381	9,009	15,839	8,864	16,120	7,977	13,834	5,921	11,556	4,519	8,766	3,279	5,430	2,564	6,366	3,520	222,568	151,269
Intermediate	0	0	54,908	52,678	66,559	35,657	112,010	41,261	113,404	41,322	93,429	36,469	71,358	32,757	56,496	25,276	32,834	14,574	19,682	8,135	10,084	5,113	7,435	4,622	638,199	297,864
Secondary	0	0	7,135	12,423	32,931	40,171	42,401	34,225	46,521	29,580	39,412	24,309	31,339	17,076	29,139	14,518	22,702	11,263	14,502	6,945	8,582	3,791	5,510	2,795	280,174	197,096
Diploma	0	0	0	0	2,881	2,039	11,630	11,543	14,781	16,565	12,309	10,919	10,531	8,066	9,478	6,280	7,719	5,909	5,708	5,205	4,054	3,667	3,319	2,384	82,410	72,577
University	0	0	0	0	2,330	4,551	17,895	23,438	22,270	27,724	19,650	23,635	16,345	19,215	13,289	13,067	13,643	10,154	11,114	6,918	7,848	3,933	7,408	2,434	131,792	135,069
Post Graduate	0	0	0	0	14	16	176	179	720	559	1,064	606	906	407	778	317	808	258	1,073	317	1,094	313	1,640	358	8,273	3,330
Not Stated	70,609	65,126	15,995	13,080	8,601	5,378	10,375	5,677	21,573	7,757	60,438	11,670	44,392	11,868	27,886	10,637	15,333	8,403	7,327	2,992	3,446	1,106	3,162	1,657	289,137	145,351
Total	132,048	126,370	111,070	105,774	194,036	116,373	366,319	192,369	385,821	199,299	369,503	173,770	287,999	141,712	226,504	107,520	152,471	72,944	95,470	46,998	53,700	30,751	49,028	43,549	2,423,969	1,357,429

Source: PACI

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

The source of data used here is the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), an independant government body in charge of :
1- centralising all population and labour force data in order to manage a fully computerised population register
2- issuing mandatory civil identification cards to every resident of the country, regardless of age and nationality.

The other source of demographic and socioeconomic data on Kuwait is the Central Statistical Office (CSO), operating within the Planning Ministry. The CSO has conducted ten population and housing censuses since its inception in 1957.

(a) Kuwaiti: the Kuwaiti nationality rests upon a document of Kuwaiti nationality or a certificate proving Kuwaiti nationality issued by the Ministry of Interior of Kuwait.

(b) Non-Kuwaiti: his/ her nationality is determined by the name of the State which issued the passport. The foreign national also entered Kuwait legally and has a stamp of residence.
This category includes the Bidoon, a category of stateless persons living in the Emirate. Kuwait’s Bidoon population originates from three broad categories:
1) those whose ancestors failed to apply for nationality or lacked necessary documentation at the time of Kuwait’s independence in 1961;
2) those recruited to work in Kuwait’s army or police force during the 1960s who permanently settled in Kuwait, along with their families;
3) children of Kuwaiti mothers and stateless or foreign fathers (see Human Rights Watch. Prisoners of the Past. Kuwaiti Bidun and the Burden of Statelessness, June 2011, p. 3).
(The children of Kuwaiti mothers and non-Kuwaiti fathers (with specific nationality) inherit the father’s nationality. They are stateless if the father is stateless).

(c) NA/ Not stated: education level is unclear or not reported.

Classification used for education levels: ISCED.

2. Institution which provides data

The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

3. Period of data coverage: December 2016

The database is updated twice a year and the website presents only the most recent data.

4. Data availability

Analytical tables and data crosstabulations are available for download in PDF, html, .png and Excel (.csv) formats.

Date of access: June 2017.