Kuwait
GDP per person in Kuwait
GDP per person in Kuwait: $68,590 in 1970 and $24,960 in 2025, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $24,960
- Since 1970
- −$43,630
- Rank, 2025
- 38 of 186
- counting from the highest
- World, 2025
- $12,130
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was $68,670 in 1971, the lowest $14,810 in 1991.
- Older estimates from Maddison reach back to 1950: 46,030 international dollars at 2011 prices.
The long run, in international dollars at 2011 prices
Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (2024), “Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1–41. DOI: 10.1111/joes.12618
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $24,960 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $24,140 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $24,720 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $26,580 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $26,200 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $25,540 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $26,580 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $26,710 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $27,050 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $29,450 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $29,880 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $31,070 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $32,310 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $33,580 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $33,550 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $32,570 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $35,120 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $39,850 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $41,110 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $41,140 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $40,450 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $37,920 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $35,170 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $30,700 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $30,570 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $31,340 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $30,800 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $32,310 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $32,150 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $32,420 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $33,160 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $31,950 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $29,320 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $22,380 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $14,810 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $20,140 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $20,740 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $17,120 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $19,790 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $19,040 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $18,260 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $19,850 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $19,690 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $19,140 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $22,770 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $29,550 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $38,760 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $36,140 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $35,870 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $39,810 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $39,840 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $48,320 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $58,990 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $67,070 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $68,670 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $68,590 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $3,667 |
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 in numbers
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Military
- Military spending4.69% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.92B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,623 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel25,000 people in 2020
- National power0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.03% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports311 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports95 million TIV in 1998