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Expatriates account for around 60% of Kuwait's total population, with Kuwaitis constituting 38%-42% of the total population. The government and some Kuwaiti citizens consider the proportion of expatriates (which has been relatively stable since the mid-1970s) to be a problem, and in 2016 the number of deportations increased.
In 2011, Kuwait was the sixth-largest destination of Overseas Filipino Workers, with 65,000 hired or rehired in the nation in 2011, and accordingly Kuwait has been an important source of remittances back to the Philippines, with over $105 million USD being remitted in 2009.
In 2015, Kuwait was ranked 117 of 145 globally in the Global Gender Index. [41] In 2020, Kuwait was ranked 122 of 153 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report. Regarding the GGGR subindex, Kuwait ranked 142 of 152 on political empowerment 143 of 153 on health and survival, 120 of 153 on economic opportunity, and 57 of 153 on educational ...
Kuwait ranks among the world's top countries by life expectancy, [286] women's workforce participation, [281] [280] global food security, [287] and school order and safety. [288] Kuwait previously had a public sphere and civil society with political and social organizations.
Rhanterium epapposum. Over 400 species of wild plant have been recorded in Kuwait. The arfaj is the national flower of Kuwait. [3] Desert plants are typically coarse grasses and salt-tolerant shrubs which tend to be low growing and often spiny; one of the most common plants is Rhanterium epapposum, known locally as arfaj, which is used for forage by camels and sheep.
The community of Indians in Kuwait includes Indian expatriates in Kuwait, as well as Kuwaiti citizens of Indian origin or descent. According to the Indian ministry of external affairs, there are around 1,000,726 Indians as of 2023. [ 1 ]
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), Kuwait has the ninth highest rate in the world. Obesity is a growing health concern in Kuwait.According to Forbes magazine, Kuwait ranked 8 on a 2007 list of fattest countries with around 74.2% of Kuwait's total population with an unhealthy weight. [8]
Filipinos in Kuwait are either migrants from or descendants of the Philippines living in Kuwait.As of 2020, there are roughly 241,000 of these Filipinos in Kuwait. Most people in the Filipino community are migrant workers, [2] and approximately 60% of Filipinos in Kuwait are employed as domestic workers.