WORLDHEALTHRANKINGS
live longer live better
Learn Think Feel Do
WorldHealthRankings
<

HEALTH PROFILE: Kuwait

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
CHOOSE COUNTRY
Kuwait
COUNTRY PROFILE
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Kuwait KUWAIT POPULATION PYRAMID
 
Play
Pause
    Kuwait
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
    Kuwait KUWAIT LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    79.3
    83.9
    24
    19
    Age 5
    79.9
    84.5
    21
    13
    Age 10
    80.0
    84.6
    21
    13
    Age 15
    80.1
    84.7
    21
    13
    Age 20
    80.2
    84.7
    21
    13
    Age 25
    80.4
    84.8
    20
    13
    Age 30
    80.6
    84.8
    19
    13
    Age 35
    80.8
    84.9
    22
    14
    Age 40
    81.0
    84.9
    23
    14
    Age 45
    81.2
    85.1
    23
    15
    Age 50
    81.6
    85.2
    23
    15
    Age 55
    82.1
    85.5
    23
    15
    Age 60
    82.8
    85.9
    23
    16
    Age 65
    83.8
    86.5
    22
    17
    Age 70
    85.0
    87.4
    21
    16
    Age 75
    86.7
    88.5
    17
    15
    Age 80
    88.7
    90.0
    17
    13
    Age 85
    91.1
    92.0
    18
    12
    Kuwait KUWAIT TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    94.14
    119
    2. Stroke
    37.49
    140
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26.91
    93
    4. Breast Cancer
    25.21
    27
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    18.99
    80
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.42
    96
    7. Hypertension
    15.74
    106
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    14.78
    127
    9. Kidney Disease
    12.44
    132
    10. Prostate Cancer
    10.40
    133
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    9.88
    77
    12. Lung Cancers
    8.20
    113
    13. Liver Disease
    6.90
    153
    14. Lung Disease
    6.49
    182
    15. Lymphomas
    6.31
    32
    16. Liver Cancer
    6.12
    72
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    5.27
    105
    18. Uterin Cancer
    4.90
    19
    19. Leukemia
    4.74
    29
    20. Pancreas Cancer
    4.60
    74
    21. Ovary Cancer
    4.56
    85
    22. Low Birth Weight
    3.94
    106
    23. Bladder Cancer
    3.76
    33
    24. Stomach Cancer
    3.19
    151
    25. Cervical Cancer
    2.99
    146
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Falls
    2.93
    152
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    2.84
    148
    28. Suicide
    2.66
    167
    29. Other Injuries
    2.62
    174
    30. Oral Cancer
    2.60
    100
    31. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.17
    102
    32. Violence
    1.82
    135
    33. Endocrine Disorders
    1.67
    157
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.37
    177
    35. Drug Use
    1.35
    78
    36. Skin Cancers
    1.24
    129
    37. Asthma
    1.12
    126
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.96
    150
    39. Fires
    0.80
    122
    40. Tuberculosis
    0.71
    134
    41. Epilepsy
    0.61
    169
    42. Drownings
    0.52
    169
    43. Poisonings
    0.40
    110
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.35
    169
    45. Meningitis
    0.30
    138
    46. Skin Disease
    0.28
    163
    47. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.24
    172
    48. Alcohol
    0.24
    168
    49. Other Neoplasms
    0.20
    164
    50. Birth Trauma
    0.18
    179
    Kuwait KUWAIT TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    2,325
    30.48
    2. Road Traffic Accidents
    649
    8.51
    3. Stroke
    599
    7.85
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    340
    4.46
    5. Hypertension
    256
    3.36
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    242
    3.17
    7. Breast Cancer
    230
    3.01
    8. Kidney Disease
    204
    2.67
    9. Congenital Anomalies
    202
    2.65
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    198
    2.60
    11. Liver Disease
    192
    2.52
    12. Lung Cancers
    161
    2.11
    13. Low Birth Weight
    158
    2.07
    14. Alzheimers & Dementia
    139
    1.82
    15. Lymphomas
    132
    1.73
    16. Liver Cancer
    129
    1.69
    17. Leukemia
    123
    1.61
    18. Suicide
    122
    1.60
    19. Falls
    102
    1.34
    20. Pancreas Cancer
    89
    1.17
    21. Lung Disease
    84
    1.10
    22. Other Injuries
    83
    1.09
    23. Violence
    75
    0.98
    24. Oral Cancer
    74
    0.97
    25. Stomach Cancer
    72
    0.94
      Deaths %
    26. Prostate Cancer
    58
    0.76
    27. Bladder Cancer
    52
    0.68
    28. Endocrine Disorders
    44
    0.58
    29. Ovary Cancer
    41
    0.54
    30. Drug Use
    38
    0.50
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    36
    0.47
    32. Oesophagus Cancer
    35
    0.46
    33. Cervical Cancer
    32
    0.42
    34. Uterin Cancer
    31
    0.41
    35. Tuberculosis
    31
    0.41
    36. Parkinson's Disease
    29
    0.38
    37. Skin Cancers
    28
    0.37
    38. Fires
    28
    0.37
    39. Epilepsy
    22
    0.29
    40. Asthma
    21
    0.28
    41. Drownings
    19
    0.25
    42. Poisonings
    16
    0.21
    43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    14
    0.18
    44. Alcohol
    12
    0.16
    45. Meningitis
    9
    0.12
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    8
    0.10
    47. Birth Trauma
    7
    0.09
    48. HIV/AIDS
    7
    0.09
    49. Diarrhoeal diseases
    6
    0.08
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    5
    0.07
    Kuwait KUWAIT CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    25.21
    27
    2. Prostate Cancer
    10.40
    133
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    9.88
    77
    4. Lung Cancers
    8.20
    113
    5. Lymphomas
    6.31
    32
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.12
    72
    7. Uterin Cancer
    4.90
    19
    8. Leukemia
    4.74
    29
      Rate World Rank
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    4.60
    74
    10. Ovary Cancer
    4.56
    85
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.76
    33
    12. Stomach Cancer
    3.19
    151
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.99
    146
    14. Oral Cancer
    2.60
    100
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.17
    102
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.24
    129
    Kuwait KUWAIT HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    N/D
    184
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    33.9
    2.3
    65
    124
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    33.3
    45.6
    12
    11
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    6.11
    48
    Kuwait KUWAIT LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    58.1
    61.5
    59.8
    63
    65
    64
    1970
    64.8
    68.8
    66.8
    48
    51
    52
    1980
    68.7
    72.9
    70.8
    34
    48
    34
    1990
    73.2
    76.9
    75.0
    16
    31
    24
    2000
    72.4
    74.4
    73.2
    36
    74
    48
    2010
    73.2
    75.2
    74.0
    47
    91
    69
    2019
    79.3
    83.9
    81.0
    24
    19
    29
    Kuwait KUWAIT DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    3.032m
    134
    Sex Ratio M / F
    1.38
    4
    Population 0-14
    24.3%
    102
    Population 15-64
    72.8%
    7
    Population 65 +
    2.9%
    175
    Birth Rate / 1000
    17.78
    82
    Death Rate / 1000
    2.25
    190
    Fertility Rate
    2.25
    78
    Infant Mortality
    7.60
    141
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    126
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.09
    10
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    1.54
    4
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.79
    99
    Net Migration
    -3.65
    162
    Population Growth
    1.20%
    74
    Literacy Total
    96.5%
    77
    Literacy Male
    97.1%
    62
    Literacy Female
    95.4%
    62
    Unemployment
    1.1%
    175
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    81.0
    29
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    70.1
    29
    GDP per Capita USD
    $49,900
    18

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    667,158
    2,570
    4/1/24
    Kuwait COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Kuwait causes.

     
     
    Kuwait COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Kuwait COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.