Kuwait
Inflation in Kuwait
Inflation in Kuwait: 2.9% a year in 2014 and 2.4% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 2.4% a year
- Since 2014
- −0.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 106 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 1.9% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 1.9% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 4% a year in 2022, the lowest 0.6% a year in 2018.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Kuwait |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 2.9 |
| 2023 | 3.6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 2.1 |
| 2019 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 2.9 |
| 2015 | 3.3 |
| 2014 | 2.9 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Kuwait |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.2 |
| 2027 | 2.4 |
| 2028 | 2.3 |
| 2029 | 2.1 |
| 2030 | 1.9 |
| 2031 | 1.9 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- 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