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Kuwait — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Kuwait, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.96%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +125.2% since 2000
Health spending for Kuwait was 4.96% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.11% in 2020. The lowest was 1.82% in 2006 (about 2.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.59% per year.
Kuwait ranks 126 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 67%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Kuwait sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 19% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 99%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.96%
First (2000)
2.20%
Change
+125.2%
Highest
6.11%
in 2020
Lowest
1.82%
in 2006
Average
3.39%
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.59%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.96% |
| 2022 | 4.2% |
| 2021 | 5.37% |
| 2020 | 6.11% |
| 2019 | 5.18% |
| 2018 | 5.17% |
| 2017 | 4.65% |
| 2016 | 4.73% |
| 2015 | 4.21% |
| 2014 | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 2.49% |
| 2012 | 2.33% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.