Capital health expenditure in Kuwait
Kuwait: Capital health expenditure was 0.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in Kuwait, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for capital health expenditure in Kuwait is 0.2%, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 44.0% on the previous year and down 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in Kuwait peaked at 0.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2006.
Kuwait ranks 66th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +37.8% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -14.7% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +14.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -19.7% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -30.9% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +28.2% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +72.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +22.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +39.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +42.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -41.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +64.5% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | -29.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -42.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +48.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -44.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 |
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- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0264 units per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is capital health expenditure in Kuwait?
- Capital health expenditure in Kuwait was 0.2% in 2023, according to World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023.
- What is the highest capital health expenditure recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2006.
- How does Kuwait rank for capital health expenditure?
- Kuwait ranks 66th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023, published as part of Capital health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Level of capital investments on health expressed as a percentage of GDP. Capital health investments include health infrastructure (buildings, machinery, IT) and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.