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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT Kuwait 2017

Kuwait national debt goes up

In 2017 Kuwait public debt was 21,893 million euros24,724 million dollars, has increased 11,98913,765 million since 2016.

This amount means that the debt in 2017 reached 20.49% of Kuwait GDP, a 10.47 percentage point rise from 2016, when it was 10.02% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of Kuwait debt. It has risen since 2007 in global debt terms, when it was 5,896 million euros 8,081 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 7.05%.

According to the last data point published, Kuwait per capita debt in 2017 was 4,933 euros5,571 dollars per inhabitant. In 2016 it was 2,288 euros 2,532 dollars, afterwards rising by 2,645 euros3,039 dollars, and if we again check 2007 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,734 euros2,377 dollars .

The position of Kuwait, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2017 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 18 in the list of debt to GDP and 130 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in Kuwait. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about Kuwait in economy of Kuwait.

Kuwait: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
201721,89324,72420.49%€4,933$5,571
20169,90410,95910.02%€2,288$2,532
20154,8065,3334.65%€1,149$1,275
20144,1985,5783.43%€1,039$1,381
20134,0545,3853.09%€1,042$1,384
20124,8776,2703.60%€1,281$1,647
20115,1367,1484.64%€1,389$1,934
20105,3597,1106.16%€1,496$1,985
20095,0617,0526.65%€1,452$2,024
20085,3897,9245.38%€1,566$2,302
20075,8968,0817.05%€1,734$2,377
20066,6778,3858.26%€2,098$2,634
20057,6629,53811.81%€2,562$3,189
20048,27210,28517.30%€3,004$3,735
20039,73011,00323.00%€3,820$4,320
200212,08811,42229.95%€4,995$4,720
200113,68212,25435.12%€5,925$5,307
200014,25313,17034.92%€6,429$5,941
199913,14514,02346.55%€5,829$6,219
199814,30455.14%$6,299
199715,82952.16%$7,166
199618,57358.98%$8,887
199521,20177.98%$10,817
199421,93388.46%$11,985
199321,33188.91%$14,413
199223,381117.70%$16,465
199116,362151.14%$12,031
19901991.09%$93
Kuwait: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

Kuwait: Evolution of debt in millions