Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Kuwait in 2023 — 4.39%. Ranked 70 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.8 pp.
2000–2023 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kuwait
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.39 | +0.69 pp |
| 2022 | 3.7 | −1.08 pp |
| 2021 | 4.78 | −0.63 pp |
| 2020 | 5.41 | +0.84 pp |
| 2019 | 4.57 | +0 pp |
| 2018 | 4.56 | +0.57 pp |
| 2017 | 3.99 | −0.05 pp |
| 2016 | 4.04 | +0.46 pp |
| 2015 | 3.58 | +1.11 pp |
| 2014 | 2.47 | +0.38 pp |
| 2013 | 2.09 | +0.14 pp |
| 2012 | 1.95 | −0.02 pp |
| 2011 | 1.97 | −0.28 pp |
| 2010 | 2.26 | +0.05 pp |
| 2009 | 2.21 | +0.71 pp |
| 2008 | 1.5 | +0.03 pp |
| 2007 | 1.47 | +0.08 pp |
| 2006 | 1.39 | −0.14 pp |
| 2005 | 1.53 | −0.26 pp |
| 2004 | 1.8 | −0.33 pp |
| 2003 | 2.12 | −0.28 pp |
| 2002 | 2.4 | −0.11 pp |
| 2001 | 2.51 | +0.92 pp |
| 2000 | 1.6 | — |
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Government spending on health as a percent of GDP, from the WHO national health accounts. It counts the spending of budgets at all levels and of compulsory health insurance; private spending and voluntary insurance do not belong here — they are a separate part of total health expenditure.
Important: It differs from total health expenditure: in countries with a large share of paid medicine the government part can be half the total. It is useful to compare together with the share of out-of-pocket spending.
Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
What part of all government spending a country directs to health.
Healthcare Government health expenditure per capitaHow many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.
Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditureWhat share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.
Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.
