Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia
Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $24,960 in Kuwait and $25,070 in Saudi Arabia, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by $110, or 1 times that in Kuwait.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Saudi Arabia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Kuwait.
- In 2025, Kuwait ranked 38 and Saudi Arabia ranked 37 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 | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24,960 | $25,070 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $24,140 | $25,120 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $24,720 | $25,630 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $26,580 | $26,710 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $26,200 | $24,920 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $25,540 | $22,830 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $26,580 | $24,910 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $26,710 | $24,390 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $27,050 | $23,040 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $29,450 | $22,780 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $29,880 | $23,260 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $31,070 | $23,400 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $32,310 | $23,060 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $33,580 | $23,640 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $33,550 | $23,310 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $32,570 | $21,830 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $35,120 | $20,580 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $39,850 | $21,630 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $41,110 | $21,200 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $41,140 | $21,620 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $40,450 | $21,840 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $37,920 | $21,550 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $35,170 | $20,770 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $30,700 | $20,030 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $30,570 | $21,190 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $31,340 | $22,250 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $30,800 | $22,210 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $32,310 | $23,180 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $32,150 | $23,410 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $32,420 | $23,700 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $33,160 | $23,880 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $31,950 | $24,810 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $29,320 | $25,650 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $22,380 | $26,710 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $14,810 | $26,740 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $20,140 | $25,920 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $20,740 | $24,880 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $17,120 | $26,070 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $19,790 | $25,790 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $19,040 | $28,170 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $18,260 | $29,520 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $19,850 | $33,690 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $19,690 | $37,250 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $19,140 | $44,480 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $22,770 | $56,360 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $29,550 | $58,090 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $38,760 | $58,230 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $36,140 | $55,610 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $35,870 | $58,780 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $39,810 | $58,680 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $39,840 | $53,740 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $48,320 | $59,920 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $58,990 | $54,350 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $67,070 | $46,640 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $68,670 | $41,180 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $68,590 | $37,360 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $25,530 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $25,060 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $24,200 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $23,080 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $22,140 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $20,490 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $19,550 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $18,660 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $17,300 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $16,040 | $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
Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia
Health
- Life expectancyKuwait: 80.4 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 78.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKuwait: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024Saudi Arabia: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKuwait: 7.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Saudi Arabia: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKuwait: 3.64% in 2017Saudi Arabia: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateKuwait: 2.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Saudi Arabia: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKuwait: 4.84 million people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 33.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthKuwait: 1.88% a year in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKuwait: 1.53 births per woman in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKuwait: 100% in 2025Saudi Arabia: 84.6% in 2025
- Median ageKuwait: 34.5 years in 2023Saudi Arabia: 29.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKuwait: 3% in 2023Saudi Arabia: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateKuwait: 10.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Saudi Arabia: 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKuwait: 4.69% of GDP in 2025Saudi Arabia: 6.48% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKuwait: $7.92B in 2025Saudi Arabia: $81.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personKuwait: $1,623 in 2025Saudi Arabia: $2,428 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKuwait: 10.1% of government spending in 2025Saudi Arabia: 23.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelKuwait: 25,000 people in 2020Saudi Arabia: 282,000 people in 2020
- National powerKuwait: 0.2% of world capability in 2022Saudi Arabia: 1.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKuwait: 1.03% of the labour force in 2020Saudi Arabia: 1.92% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKuwait: 311 million TIV in 2025Saudi Arabia: 3.04 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKuwait: 95 million TIV in 1998Saudi Arabia: 3 million TIV in 2023