Kuwait vs Maldives: Death rate
Kuwait
1.78 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Maldives
2.34 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kuwait rank
234th
Maldives rank
231st
Death rate over time
- Kuwait
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.78 deaths per 1,000 people in Kuwait, a difference of 0.56 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Maldives ahead.
Kuwait ranks 234th and Maldives ranks 231st of 236 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 25.56 deaths per 1,000 people | 11.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1960s | 7.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 24.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.74 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1970s | 4.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 17 deaths per 1,000 people | 12.57 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1980s | 2.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.72 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 1990s | 2.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 2000s | 2.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 2010s | 1.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.05 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 2.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2412 deaths per 1,000 people | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher death rate, Kuwait or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.78 deaths per 1,000 people in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in death rate between Kuwait and Maldives?
- 0.56 deaths per 1,000 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for death rate?
- Kuwait ranks 234th and Maldives ranks 231st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 people in the population.