Iraq vs Kuwait
Iraq vs Kuwait: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $4,005 in Iraq and $24,960 in Kuwait, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by $20,955, or 6.23 times that in Iraq.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Kuwait has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2025, Iraq ranked 123 and Kuwait ranked 38 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Iraq | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,005 | $24,960 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $4,180 | $24,140 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $4,337 | $24,720 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $4,413 | $26,580 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $4,183 | $26,200 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $4,214 | $25,540 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $4,898 | $26,580 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $4,749 | $26,710 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $4,736 | $27,050 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $4,933 | $29,450 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $4,440 | $29,880 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $4,447 | $31,070 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $4,505 | $32,310 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $4,388 | $33,580 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $4,030 | $33,550 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $3,882 | $32,570 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $3,768 | $35,120 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $3,782 | $39,850 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $3,566 | $41,110 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $3,472 | $41,140 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $3,311 | $40,450 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $3,354 | $37,920 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $2,250 | $35,170 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $3,661 | $30,700 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $4,116 | $30,570 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $4,173 | $31,340 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $3,692 | $30,800 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $3,243 | $32,310 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $2,479 | $32,150 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $2,109 | $32,420 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $1,961 | $33,160 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $1,986 | $31,950 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $2,006 | $29,320 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $1,615 | $22,380 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $1,255 | $14,810 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $3,527 | $20,140 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $2,262 | $20,740 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $2,398 | $17,120 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $2,455 | $19,790 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $2,308 | $19,040 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $2,261 | $18,260 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $2,283 | $19,850 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $2,391 | $19,690 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $2,833 | $19,140 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $2,817 | $22,770 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $2,924 | $29,550 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $2,419 | $38,760 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $2,067 | $36,140 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $1,826 | $35,870 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $1,853 | $39,810 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $1,634 | $39,840 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $1,501 | $48,320 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $1,337 | $58,990 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $1,326 | $67,070 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $1,323 | $68,670 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $1,299 | $68,590 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $1,287 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $1,290 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $1,117 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $1,268 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $1,250 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $1,167 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $1,051 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $1,061 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $1,045 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $998 | – | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Iraq vs Kuwait
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Kuwait: 80.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Kuwait: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kuwait: 7.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Kuwait: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Kuwait: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Kuwait: 2.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Kuwait: 4.84 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Kuwait: 1.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Kuwait: 1.53 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Kuwait: 100% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Kuwait: 34.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Kuwait: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Kuwait: 10.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Kuwait: 4.69% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Kuwait: $7.92B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Kuwait: $1,623 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Kuwait: 10.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Kuwait: 25,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Kuwait: 0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Kuwait: 1.03% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Kuwait: 311 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Kuwait: 95 million TIV in 1998