Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Kuwait instead of Yemen, you would:

Health

live 11.6 years longer

In Yemen, the average life expectancy is 68 years (65 years for men, 70 years for women) as of 2022. In Kuwait, that number is 79 years (78 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022.

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be 2.2 times more likely to be obese

In Yemen, 17.1% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kuwait, that number is 37.9% of people as of 2016.

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Economy

be 87.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Yemen, 17.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Kuwait, that number is 2.1% as of 2023.

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Life

be 96.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Yemen, approximately 183.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Kuwait, 7.0 women do as of 2020.

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be 84.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Yemen, approximately 46.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Kuwait, on the other hand, 7.4 children do as of 2022.

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have 25.2% fewer children

In Yemen, there are approximately 23.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kuwait, there are 17.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 31.6% more likely to have access to electricity

In Yemen, approximately 76% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Kuwait, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

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be 3.8 times more likely to have internet access

In Yemen, approximately 26.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Kuwait, about 100.0% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 73.8% less coastline

Yemen has a total of 1,906 km of coastline. In Kuwait, that number is 499 km.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Kuwait is 28.9% more expensive than Yemen overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Yemen is about 30 times bigger than Kuwait.
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Moving from Yemen to Kuwait · UN DESA 2020
70,672 people born in Yemen live in Kuwait.
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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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