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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income
Kuwait: key statistics
Kuwait has 4.9m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $32,312. Below: 73 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Income group
- High income
- Currency
- Kuwaiti dinar KWD
- Languages
- Arabic
- ISO codes
- KWKWT
- Land neighbours
- Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Population4.9m2025 · rank 127 of 217GDP$157bn2025 · rank 59 of 211GDP per capita$32,3122025 · rank 54 of 211Life expectancy84.6 yrs2024 · rank 4 of 217Internet users100.0%2025 · rank 2 of 188Fertility1.562024 · rank 140 of 217CO₂ per person23.67 t2024 · rank 4 of 203Inflation2.4%2025 · rank 109 of 180
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Kuwait, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Kuwait by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4.9m | 2025 | 127/217 | 19/23 | +27% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.65% | 2025 | 204/217 | 23/23 | −5.2 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 100.0% | 2025 | 6/217 | 2/23 | ±0.0 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.56 | 2024 | 140/217 | 21/23 | −24% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 3.2% | 2025 | 189/217 | 17/23 | +0.8 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 18.0% | 2025 | 139/217 | 20/23 | −3.8 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 274.8 | 2024 | 45/216 | 7/23 | +34% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 10.0 | 2024 | 155/217 | 20/23 | −40% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 17,820 km² | 2024 | 154/216 | 18/23 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $157bn | 2025 | 59/211 | 11/22 | +37% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $32,312 | 2025 | 54/211 | 6/22 | +8.1% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $56,468 | 2025 | 44/199 | 7/22 | +25% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $41,110 | 2024 | 33/201 | 5/22 | −20% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 2.7% | 2025 | 126/210 | 15/22 | +2.1 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 3.4% | 2025 | 71/210 | 4/22 | +7.2 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 0.5% | 2025 | 182/198 | 19/22 | ±0.0 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 54.1% | 2025 | 5/201 | 3/22 | −1.8 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 59.6% | 2025 | 91/201 | 6/22 | +1.2 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 15.1% | 2024 | 155/175 | 15/20 | −1.2 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 44.1% | 2024 | 5/163 | 2/19 | −6.0 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 2.4% | 2025 | 109/180 | 9/21 | −0.9 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 10.5% | 2025 | 22/136 | 4/14 | −30.3 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 5.0% | 2025 | 117/136 | 12/14 | +0.7 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 0.31 | 2025 | 210/210 | 22/22 | +1.9% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 1.5% | 1998 | — | — | — | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 34.6% | 2006 | — | — | −7.2 pp | 28.5% | |
| Military spending | 4.69% | 2025 | 11/156 | 6/18 | −0.3 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 55.8% | 2024 | 40/184 | 8/21 | −12.7 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 38.2% | 2024 | 108/184 | 12/21 | +6.7 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 94.0% | 2024 | 73/184 | 9/21 | −6.0 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 22.7% | 2025 | 3/185 | 1/20 | +15.2 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 0.3% | 2025 | 167/197 | 19/21 | ±0.0 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.0% | 2025 | 177/178 | 17/17 | ±0.0 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 2.2m | 2020 | 61/196 | 7/18 | −59% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 2.2% | 2025 | 168/187 | 20/23 | ±0.0 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 15.1% | 2025 | 79/187 | 15/23 | −1.1 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 73.4% | 2025 | 22/187 | 3/23 | +1.0 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 47.2% | 2025 | 133/187 | 5/23 | −2.4 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equality
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $4.2m | 1995 | — | — | — | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.0% | 1995 | — | — | — | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $2.5 | 1995 | — | — | — | $32.2 | |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | 2024 | 137/167 | 16/19 | ±0.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 3.1% | 2023 | 185/190 | 20/22 | −3.1 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 96.5% | 2020 | 52/141 | 7/18 | +2.0 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 95.3% | 2020 | 51/147 | 6/20 | +2.7 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 82.4% | 2021 | 178/191 | 17/19 | −21.7 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 95.4% | 2015 | — | — | −13.2 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 51.9% | 2021 | 81/172 | 9/19 | +31.9 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 80.4% | 2021 | 134/168 | 16/19 | −19.9 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 8.9 | 2018 | 169/173 | 20/20 | −2.5% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 6.4% | 2024 | 20/184 | 3/16 | +2.7 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 84.6 yrs | 2024 | 4/217 | 1/23 | +7.0% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 7.0 | 2024 | 137/196 | 18/23 | −12% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 8.1 | 2024 | 138/196 | 18/23 | −13% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 8 | 2023 | 153/194 | 18/23 | ±0.0% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 5.0% | 2023 | 128/193 | 15/23 | +2.5 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $1,679 | 2023 | 48/193 | 6/23 | +36% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 2.27 | 2020 | 79/180 | 8/22 | −8.0% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 98% | 2024 | 23/193 | 7/23 | +4.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.1% | 2024 | 125/153 | 10/20 | ±0.0 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 3.2% | 2023 | 138/154 | 20/20 | −2.4 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 100.0% | 2024 | 17/206 | 1/23 | ±0.0 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 100.0% | 2024 | 7/203 | 2/23 | ±0.0 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 100.0% | 2025 | 2/188 | 2/21 | +18.0 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 167.7 | 2023 | 20/210 | 5/23 | −8.2% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 1.0 | 2023 | 168/208 | 22/23 | −24% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 56/215 | 8/23 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 100.0% | 2024 | 23/192 | 6/22 | ±0.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 23.67 t | 2024 | 4/203 | 3/22 | −6.0% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 0.1% | 2021 | 203/212 | 19/23 | +0.1 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 0.3% | 2021 | 196/206 | 20/23 | +0.3 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 0.4% | 2024 | 203/214 | 18/23 | ±0.0 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 0.4% | 2024 | 197/206 | 21/23 | −0.1 pp | 10.7% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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