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Kuwait
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income · capital Kuwait City
Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old84.6years
Ranks 4 of 217 in 2024
13% above world median · 10% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old8.1per 1,000 live births
Ranks 59 of 196 in 2024
46% below world median · 37% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old8per 100,000 live births
Ranks 38 of 194 in 2023
83% below world median · 53% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2023 · 3 years old3.2% of under-5s
Ranks 5 of 25 in 2023
77% below world median · 61% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old4.96% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
22% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.56births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
18% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2020 · 6 years old96.5% of adults 15+
Ranks 15 of 42 in 2020
2% above world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 42 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2021 · 5 years old82.4% gross
Ranks 157 of 164 in 2021
18% below world median · 15% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure
Education spending
2024 · 2 years old6.44% of GDP
Ranks 7 of 40 in 2024
51% above world median · 33% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old32,312current US$
Ranks 39 of 186 in 2025
3.1× above world median · 4.6× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old56,468international $
Ranks 38 of 185 in 2025
1.8× above world median · 1.9× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old2.2% of labour force
Ranks 20 of 182 in 2025
57% below world median · 74% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old2.4% per year
Not ranked — no better end
22% below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old4.84% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
2.1× above world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 148 in 2024
24% above world median · 18% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2025 · 1 year old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 10 in 2025
8% above world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 10 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old23.67t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
8.3× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old4.9mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
26% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Kuwait has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini). That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.