Vaccination coverage in Kuwait
Kuwait: Vaccination coverage was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage in Kuwait, 1992–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vaccination coverage in Kuwait is 99.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage in Kuwait peaked at 99.0% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 38.0%, in 1992.
That places Kuwait 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 38.0% | — |
| 1993 | 91.0% | +139.5% |
| 1994 | 93.0% | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 99.0% | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 95.0% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 99.0% | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 94.0% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 99.0% | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 96.0% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 91.0% | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 92.0% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 93.0% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 94.0% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 96.0% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 99.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 95.0%, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 99.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.0%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +139.5% | 38.0% | 91.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.0% | 38.0% | 99.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 98.1% | 94.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.1% | 91.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.2% | 93.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Costa Rica 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Jamaica 99.0% compare
- 1 Latvia 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Palau 99.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Tonga 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkey 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare
More health data for Kuwait
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.9259 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 287.2 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 107 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.9273 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0264 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.6875 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage in Kuwait?
- Vaccination coverage in Kuwait was 99.0% in 2024, according to WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest vaccination coverage recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 1995.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.0% in 1992.
- How does Kuwait rank for vaccination coverage?
- Kuwait ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vaccination coverage rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Vaccination coverage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of one-year-olds who have had three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in a given year.