Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Kuwait
Kuwait: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men was 0.0829 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Kuwait, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.0829 for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Kuwait peaked at 0.3627 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0.077, in 2022.
That places Kuwait 218th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.3627 | — |
| 1951 | 0.3531 | -2.6% |
| 1952 | 0.3436 | -2.7% |
| 1953 | 0.3341 | -2.8% |
| 1954 | 0.3244 | -2.9% |
| 1955 | 0.3144 | -3.1% |
| 1956 | 0.3041 | -3.3% |
| 1957 | 0.2934 | -3.5% |
| 1958 | 0.2825 | -3.7% |
| 1959 | 0.2714 | -3.9% |
| 1960 | 0.2602 | -4.1% |
| 1961 | 0.2491 | -4.3% |
| 1962 | 0.2383 | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 0.2278 | -4.4% |
| 1964 | 0.2178 | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 0.2083 | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 0.1993 | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 0.191 | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 0.1834 | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1767 | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 0.171 | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1663 | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 0.1625 | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1595 | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1569 | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.1546 | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1523 | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.1498 | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.147 | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.144 | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1408 | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 0.1375 | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.134 | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 0.1305 | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 0.1271 | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.1237 | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1203 | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 0.117 | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1138 | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.1109 | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 0.14 | +26.3% |
| 1991 | 0.139 | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1054 | -24.2% |
| 1993 | 0.105 | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1051 | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.1056 | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.106 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 0.1063 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.106 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1053 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1044 | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.1035 | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 0.1027 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.1023 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1022 | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1021 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1021 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1017 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1009 | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0995 | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0977 | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0957 | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0936 | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0915 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0897 | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0883 | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0867 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0857 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0849 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0843 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0929 | +10.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0881 | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.077 | -12.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0829 | +7.6% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 0.0829 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0966, 86% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 0.0829 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1073, 77% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +26.3% | 0.1109 | 0.14 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.3184 | 0.2714 | 0.3627 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2152 | 0.1767 | 0.2602 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1564 | 0.144 | 0.171 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1256 | 0.1109 | 0.1408 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1124 | 0.105 | 0.14 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1021 | 0.0995 | 0.1044 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0898 | 0.0843 | 0.0977 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0852 | 0.077 | 0.0929 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More poverty & inequality data for Kuwait
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 14,957 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 3.2 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 1.19 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 1.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 34.42 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.188 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 15.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Kuwait?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men in Kuwait was 0.0829 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3627 in 1950.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.077 in 2022.
- How does Kuwait rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Kuwait ranks 218th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.