Kuwait Kuwait

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Kuwait, is a country located at Western Asia, it has an area of 17,820 Km2 so it is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Kuwait, with a population of 4,860,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and has a population density of 273 people per km2.

It's capital is Kuwait City and its currency is Kuwaiti dinars

Kuwait is holding the 59 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 10,022 millions of euros (11,861 millions of dollars), ( 8.63% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €2,104 euros per inhabitant$2,490 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Kuwait, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.831 points in 2021, leaving it in 50th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Kuwait are business, you must know it's in the 83th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Kuwait, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Kuwait City: Monthly Temp.
Kuwait City: Monthly Rainfall
Kuwait Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€149,609M
Annual GDP [+]2023$161,772M
GDP per capita [+]2023€30,784
GDP per capita [+]2023$33,286
Debt (M.€.) [+]202110,022
Debt ($M) [+]202111,861
Debt (%GDP) [+]20218.63%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€2,104
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$2,490
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-401
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-474
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-0.35%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202163,490.3
Expenditure ($M) [+]202175,142.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20206,081.8
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20206,941.0
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202011.91%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20215,998.8
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20217,094.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20219.92%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20227,866.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20228,283.7
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202211.58%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202154.70%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€13,327
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$15,773
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€1,302
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$1,486
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€1,411
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021$1,669
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€1,619
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$1,704
Moody's Rating [+]05/16/2024A1
S&P Rating [+]07/15/2022A+
Fitch Rating [+]01/27/2022AA-
Corruption Index [+]202242
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201946º
Fragile States Index [+]201855.9
RTI Raking [+]2022127º
Innovation Ranking [+]201860º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$244.9
NMW [+]2022€219.2
Human Capital Ranking [+]201796º
Markets
Euro / Kuwaiti dinars [+]10/09/20240.3350
US Dollar exchange rate [+]10/09/20240.3057
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]10/09/20241.34%
Business
Doing Business [+]202083º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202293,465
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202222.66
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015448.53
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/20130%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20200%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20188,508,000
Exports [+]2023€78,987.0M
Exports [+]2023$85,408.6M
Exports % GDP [+]202352.80%
Imports [+]2023€34,567.7M
Imports [+]2023$37,378.0M
Imports % GDP [+]202323.11%
Trade balance [+]2023€44,419.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$48,030.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202329.69%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2022273
Global Peace Ranking [+]202335º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20174.2
% Immigrant [+]202066.58%
% Emigrant [+]20204.54%
Birth Rate [+]20229.73‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201711,733.4
Crude death rate [+]20222.61‰
Fertility Rate [+]20222.09
Population [+]20224,860,000
Immigrant stock [+]20203,110,159
Emigrant stock [+]2020212,271
HDI [+]20210.831
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023120º
Life expectancy [+]202280.26
Suicides [+]2015154
Suicide rate [+]20153.68
Number of homicides [+]202011
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20200.25
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]202224.90
Annual crude oil production [+]20232,710
Crude Oil Reserves [+]2021101,500.0
Consumption GWh [+]202278,703
Generation GWh [+]202286,431
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20242,570
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024667,290
Fully vaccinated [+]11/26/20233,346,176
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024528.81
Doses administered [+]11/26/20238,261,221