If you lived in Kuwait instead of Antigua and Barbuda, you would:

Health

be 90.9% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Antigua and Barbuda, 1.1% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2024. In Kuwait, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2024.

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live 6.8 years longer

In Antigua and Barbuda, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2024. In Kuwait, that number is 85 years (84 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024.

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see 2.1 times more spent on your healthcare

Antigua and Barbuda spends $1,241 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Kuwait spends $2,567 as of 2023.

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be 16.9% more likely to be obese

In Antigua and Barbuda, 34.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Kuwait, that number is 40.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 22.1% fewer doctors per person

Antigua and Barbuda has 29.2 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2017. Kuwait has 22.7 as of 2020.

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be 58.2% more likely to die by suicide

Antigua and Barbuda has a suicide rate of 1.5 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Kuwait, it is 2.3 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

make 30.2% more money

Antigua and Barbuda has a GDP per capita of $24,819 as of 2025, while in Kuwait, the GDP per capita is $32,312 as of 2025.

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Life

be 77.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 35.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Kuwait, 8.0 women do as of 2023.

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have 14.7% fewer children

In Antigua and Barbuda, there are approximately 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kuwait, there are 10.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 37.5% more likely to have internet access

In Antigua and Barbuda, approximately 72.7% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Kuwait, about 100.0% do as of 2025.

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Expenditures

spend 2.1 times more on education

Antigua and Barbuda spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Kuwait spends 6.4% of total GDP on education as of 2024.

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spend 26.9% more on healthcare

Antigua and Barbuda spends 3.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Kuwait, that number is 5.0% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 3.3 times more coastline

Antigua and Barbuda has a total of 153 km of coastline. In Kuwait, that number is 499 km.

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Safety

be 97.7% less likely to be murdered

Antigua and Barbuda has a homicide rate of 10.7 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Kuwait, that number is 0.2 per 100,000 as of 2020.

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be 22.7% more likely to die in a road accident

In Antigua and Barbuda, road accidents kill 7.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Kuwait, they kill 9.2 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 90.5% less home broadband

Antigua and Barbuda has 10.7 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Kuwait has 1.0 as of 2023.

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live with 455.1 times more strain on fresh water

Antigua and Barbuda withdraws 8% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Kuwait withdraws 3850% as of 2022.

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Environment

be 2.4 times more likely to die from air pollution

In Antigua and Barbuda, air pollution causes 19.0 deaths per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Kuwait, it causes 45.0 as of 2019.

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emit 6.2 times more CO2

Antigua and Barbuda emits 3.8 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Kuwait emits 23.7 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2017–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2019–2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Kuwait: At a glance

Kuwait is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 17,818 sq km. Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling Kuwaiti AL-SABAH dynasty from 1899 until independence in 1961. Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led, UN coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and reestablished an elected legislature that in recent years has become increasingly assertive. The country witnessed the historic election in 2009 of four women to its National Assembly. Amid the 2010-11 uprisings and protests across the Arab world, stateless Arabs, known as bidun, staged small protests in February and March 2011 demanding citizenship, jobs, and other benefits available to Kuwaiti nationals. Youth activist groups - supported by opposition legislators - rallied repeatedly in 2011 for the prime minister's dismissal amid allegations of widespread government corruption. Demonstrators forced the prime minister to resign in late 2011. In late 2012, Kuwait witnessed unprecedented protests in response to the Amir's changes to the electoral law by decree reducing the number of votes per person from four to one. The opposition, led by a coalition of Sunni Islamists, tribalists, some liberals, and myriad youth groups, largely boycotted legislative elections in 2012 and 2013 ushering in legislatures more amenable to the government's agenda. Since 2006, the Amir has dissolved the National Assembly on five occasions (the Constitutional Court annulled the Assembly in June 2012 and again in June 2013) and shuffled the cabinet over a dozen times, usually citing political stagnation and gridlock between the legislature and the government.
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