Health in Kuwait 311 indicators covering health for Kuwait. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 10.7% 2024 up 12.6% 36th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 10.1% 2024 up 12.2% 35th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 3.9% 2024 down 9.3% 136th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 5.0% 2024 down 9.1% 131st Prevalence of stunting, height for age 4.5% 2024 down 10.0% 134th Hospital beds 2.33 per 1,000 people 2020 down 6.8% 90th Tuberculosis death rate 0.37 per 100,000 people 2024 up 146.7% 155th Incidence of tuberculosis 10 per 100,000 people 2024 down 63.0% 148th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st People practicing open defecation, urban 0.0% 2024 — 95th People using at least basic drinking water services 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st People using safely managed drinking water services 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st People using at least basic sanitation services 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Tuberculosis case detection rate 77.0% 2024 up 2.7% 89th People practicing open defecation 0.0% 2024 — 129th Current health expenditure 5.0% 2023 up 99.5% 128th Current health expenditure per capita 1,679 current US$ 2023 up 35.9% 48th Out-of-pocket expenditure 10.0% 2023 down 30.9% 169th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 167.97 current US$ 2023 down 6.1% 79th Domestic general government health expenditure 88.5% 2023 up 5.5% 2nd Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 2,273 current international $ 2023 up 41.6% 42nd Domestic private health expenditure 11.5% 2023 down 28.6% 184th Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 2,567 current international $ 2023 up 34.3% 54th Domestic private health expenditure per capita 192.26 current US$ 2023 down 2.9% 84th People using safely managed sanitation services 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Immunization, Hib3 99.0% 2024 up 4.2% 1st Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 13.1% 139th Reported cases of measles 7 Cases 2024 down 87.3% 121st Child mortality by income level of country 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 13.1% 139th Number of infant deaths 342 2024 down 28.6% 127th Number of under-five deaths 395 2024 down 29.0% 127th Number of neonatal deaths 213 2024 down 30.4% 128th Child mortality vs. health spending 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 13.1% 139th Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 98.0% 2024 up 4.3% 22nd Adolescent fertility rate 1.43 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 82.0% 208th Sex ratio at birth 1.05 male births per female births 2024 down 0.4% 128th Domestic general government health expenditure 9.0% 2023 up 65.6% 111th External health expenditure 0.0% 2023 — 150th External health expenditure per capita 0 current US$ 2023 — 150th External health expenditure per capita, PPP 0 current international $ 2023 — 150th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 27.7% 2023 up 5.3% 81st Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 27.6% 2023 up 4.9% 81st Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 28.5% 2023 up 2.9% 92nd Stillbirth rate 5.2 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 1.9% 126th Life expectancy vs. health spending 80.41 years 2023 up 2.3% 53rd Prevalence of undernourishment 2.5% 2023 unchanged 106th Immunization, measles second dose 94.0% 2024 up 9.3% 40th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 69.0% 2024 up 109.1% 78th Tuberculosis treatment success rate 99.0% 2023 up 20.7% 13th Prevalence of hypertension, female 35.2% 2019 down 9.3% 121st Prevalence of hypertension, male 43.5% 2019 up 1.6% 47th Prevalence of hypertension 40.5% 2019 down 1.9% 72nd Treatment for hypertension, female 66.7% 2019 up 9.5% 22nd Treatment for hypertension, male 51.2% 2019 up 23.1% 27th Treatment for hypertension 56.0% 2019 up 15.2% 31st Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 146 2024 up 0.7% 136th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 20 2024 unchanged 124th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 29 2024 down 3.3% 123rd Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 25 2024 up 31.6% 123rd ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →