Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Qatar instead of Kuwait, you would:
Economy
make 70.9% more money
Kuwait has a GDP per capita of $49,900 as of 2019, while in Qatar, the GDP per capita is $85,300 as of 2020.
be 8.1 times more likely to be unemployed
In Kuwait, 1.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Qatar, that number is 8.9% as of 2017.
Life
be 25.0% less likely to die during childbirth
In Kuwait, approximately 12.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Qatar, 9.0 women do as of 2017.
be 10.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Kuwait, approximately 7.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Qatar, on the other hand, 6.6 children do as of 2022.
have 47.5% fewer children
In Kuwait, there are approximately 17.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Qatar, there are 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 51.5% less on education
Kuwait spends 6.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Qatar spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
spend 47.3% less on healthcare
Kuwait spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Qatar, that number is 2.9% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 12.8% more coastline
Kuwait has a total of 499 km of coastline. In Qatar, that number is 563 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Qatar: At a glance
How big is Qatar compared to Kuwait? See an in-depth size comparison.