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

Health

be 14.4% less likely to be obese

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

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have 28.3% more doctors per person

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

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be 36.8% less likely to die by suicide

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

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be 11.0 times more likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

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

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live 6.8 years less

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

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see 51.6% less spent on your healthcare

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

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Economy

make 23.2% less money

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

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Life

have 17.3% more children

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

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be 4.4 times more likely to die during childbirth

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

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Basic Needs

be 27.3% less likely to have internet access

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

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Expenditures

spend 51.7% less on education

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

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spend 21.2% less on healthcare

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

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Geography

see 69.3% less coastline

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

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Safety

be 18.5% less likely to die in a road accident

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

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be 42.9 times more likely to be murdered

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

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Infrastructure

find 10.6 times more home broadband

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

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live with 99.8% less strain on fresh water

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

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Environment

be 57.8% less likely to die from air pollution

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

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emit 83.9% less CO2

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

Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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