Kuwait: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Kuwait — 259 indicators across 10 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
0.45
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.00
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
8.59
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
16,647.65
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
8.14
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
1,417.38
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
17,820.00
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
772.94
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.46
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
79.33
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2019
-3.47
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2019
2.45
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2019
7.65
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
3.19
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2019
8.72
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2019
0.00
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
0.49
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2020
0.00
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2023
57.73
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2020
0.00
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
116.89B
GDP (current US$)
2024
160.23B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
-2.56
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
23,867.83
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
32,717.72
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
-3.43
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
46,137.47
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
52,443.60
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
225.95B
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
256.83B
GNI (current US$)
2024
193.31B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
40,770.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
63,270.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
199.68B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
309.86B
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2023
38.35
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
57.13
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
-0.73
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
2.90
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2020
0.00
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2020
1.70
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2020
27.58
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
55.85
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2020
29.28
Trade (% of GDP)
2023
96.08
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
9.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2024
6.44
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2020
96.46
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
2.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
5.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2021
82.36
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2015
95.39
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
7.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
16,496.20
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
0.27
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
214.08M
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
0.27
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
11.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
257.73
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
115.93
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
23.67
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.17
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
20.27
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
16.97
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
7.36
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
51.13
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
19.03
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
0.13
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
0.99
Fish species, threatened
2022
37.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
7.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
121.27
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
38.69
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.26
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
27.12
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.06
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
11.14
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
194.35
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.18
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.00
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.01
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.54
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.07
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.18
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
53.72
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
0.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
272.36
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
4.76
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.84
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
11.50
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
17.10
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
242.86
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
173.33
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
35.39
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
3.91
Health & Population (108)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
1.43
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
27.10
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
3.95
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
23.16
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
3,662.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
10.02
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
26.25
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
8.27
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
58.97
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
6.52
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
4.96
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
1.52
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
25.60
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.56
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2020
2.33
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
99.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
99.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
98.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
67.30
International migrant stock, total
2024
3.32M
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
85.40
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
83.80
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
84.58
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.01
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
9,387.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
8.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
15.40
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
9.30
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
5.00
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
11.60
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
45.20
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
22.70
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
59.40
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.37
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.13
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.52
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
0.80
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
28.39
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
52.20
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
7.00
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
6.50
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
7.50
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
4.40
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
8.10
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
7.40
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
8.70
Net migration
2025
42,775.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
58.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
88.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
101.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
49.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
342.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
4.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
213.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
395.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2024
0.00
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
100.00
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
100.00
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2020
2.27
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
18.22
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
436,126.00
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
22.90
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
456,097.00
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
15.24
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
892,223.00
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
78.68
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
1.40M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
73.37
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
2.46M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
82.05
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
3.85M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
3.10
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
70,925.00
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
3.72
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
81,127.00
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
2.71
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
152,052.00
Population growth (annual %)
2024
0.90
Population, female
2024
1.90M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
38.89
Population, male
2024
2.99M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
61.11
Population, total
2024
4.90M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
19.80
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
27.60
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
28.50
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
27.70
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.90
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.50
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
0.80
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
2.10
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2023
3.08
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
3,019.00
Rural population
2024
0.00
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
0.00
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.05
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
2.31
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.34
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
3.58
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
94.19
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
91.76
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
0.00
UHC service coverage index
2023
84.00
Urban population
2024
4.90M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
100.00
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
0.90
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
1.89
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
0.15
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
2.40
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
47.20
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
88.56
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
2.18
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (32)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
0.38
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
614.58M
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2024
5.83
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
75.99B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
5.92B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.01
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
52.66
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
48.52
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
13.40
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.91
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.04
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
11.93
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
24.10
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
1.08
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
39.54
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
11.93
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
37.06B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
37.45B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
18.76
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
60.32
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
24.54
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.12
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
2.30
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.28
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
6.66
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.77
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
36.40
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.28
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
70.56
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
14.17B
Real interest rate (%)
2024
5.95
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.