Kuwait vs Lower middle income: Treatment for hypertension
Kuwait
56.0%
in 2019
Lower middle income
31.8%
in 2019
Kuwait rank
31st
Lower middle income rank
31st
Treatment for hypertension over time
- Kuwait
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 56.0% against 31.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 24.2%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.8 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 30 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 31st and Lower middle income ranks 31st of 192 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.9% | 13.7% | 17.2% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 42.2% | 21.1% | 21.1% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 53.5% | 28.9% | 24.6% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher treatment for hypertension, Kuwait or Lower middle income?
- Kuwait, at 56.0% against 31.8% in Lower middle income as of 2019.
- What is the difference in treatment for hypertension between Kuwait and Lower middle income?
- 24.2%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Lower middle income?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2019.
- How do Kuwait and Lower middle income rank globally for treatment for hypertension?
- Kuwait ranks 31st and Lower middle income ranks 31st of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory Data Repository, published as Treatment for hypertension (% of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Treatment for hypertension is the percentage of adults ages 30-79 with hypertension who were taking medicine for hypertension. Hypertension is defined as having systolic blood pressure =140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure =90 mmHg, or taking medication for hypertension.