Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Kuwait
Kuwait lags behind global peers in Innovation (34, 34th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
60.42
67th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity86.09
Above global avg. · 81st %-tile
Innovation33.59
Below global avg. · 34th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital58.97
Above global avg. · 71st %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure74.75
Above global avg. · 81st %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance48.72
Near the global average · 57th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Regional peers: Middle East & North Africa
Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
---|---|---|---|
20 | 1 | Israel | 74.85 |
30 | 2 | United Arab Emirates | 71.32 |
44 | 3 | Saudi Arabia | 64.28 |
50 | 4 | Malta | 62.57 |
51 | 5 | Qatar | 62.16 |
54 | 6 | Bahrain | 61.08 |
59 | 7 | Kuwait | 60.42 |
65 | 8 | Oman | 58.18 |
69 | 9 | Jordan | 57.02 |
80 | 10 | Algeria | 54.38 |
86 | 11 | Tunisia | 53.46 |
87 | 12 | West Bank and Gaza | 53.18 |
91 | 13 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 52.36 |
92 | 14 | Morocco | 51.69 |
102 | 15 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 49.33 |
103 | 16 | Libya | 49.01 |
104 | 17 | Iraq | 48.39 |
114 | 18 | Djibouti | 44.23 |
124 | 19 | Lebanon | 37.70 |
143 | 20 | Syrian Arab Republic | 28.42 |
153 | 21 | Yemen, Rep. | 25.52 |