Country
Kuwait
- Region
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- ISO code
- KW · KWT
71 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 4.9M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 48,254 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 84.6 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 23.7 t CO₂
Population
- Population 4.9M 2025 127th of 214
- Population density 275 people/km² 2024 42nd of 212
- Population growth -0.65 % per year 2025 202nd of 214
- Natural increase 8.4 per 1,000 people 2023 105th of 228
- Net migration 8.8 per 1,000 people 2025 12th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.56 births per woman 2024 137th of 214
- Urban population 100.0 % 2025 1st of 214
- Median age 34.5 years 2023 97th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.2 % 2025 186th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 4.0 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 210th of 214
- Children under 15 18.0 % 2025 138th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 84.6 years 2024 4th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 85.4 years 2024 18th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 83.8 years 2024 3rd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 1.6 years 2024 211th of 214
- Infant mortality 7.0 per 1,000 births 2024 135th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 8.1 per 1,000 births 2024 137th of 195
- Maternal mortality 8 per 100,000 births 2023 151st of 193
- Health spending per person 1,679 USD 2023 46th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 2,567 $ (PPP) 2023 54th of 191
- Physicians 2.27 per 1,000 people 2020 79th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.3 per 1,000 people 2020 83rd of 150
- Measles immunization 98 % 2024 20th of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 19.4 % 2024 81st of 165
- Calorie supply 3,136 kcal per day 2023 61st of 175
- Meat supply 62.5 kg per person per year 2023 81st of 175
Economy
- GDP 157B USD 2025 58th of 185
- GDP per capita 32,312 USD 2025 39th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 48,254 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 37th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 71,534 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 5th of 165
- GDP growth 2.7 % 2025 115th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 3.4 % 2025 62nd of 185
- Inflation 2.4 % 2025 100th of 169
- Unemployment 2.2 % 2025 162nd of 181
- Youth unemployment 15.1 % 2025 75th of 181
- Trade 94 % of GDP 2024 69th of 172
- Agriculture in the economy 0.5 % of GDP 2024 176th of 187
- Women in the labour force 47.2 % 2025 130th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.852 2023 52nd of 192
- Literacy rate 96.5 % 2020 40th of 122
- Education spending 6.6 % of GDP 2022 14th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 95 % 2015 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 52 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 80 % 2021 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 3.1 % 2023 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Homicide rate 0.2 per 100,000 people 2020 128th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 100 % 2024 5th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 168 per 100 people 2023 14th of 172
- Fixed broadband 1.0 per 100 people 2023 140th of 169
- Access to electricity 100.0 % 2024 1st of 212
- Safe drinking water 100 % 2024 1st of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 100 % 2024 1st of 140
- Research and development 0.10 % of GDP 2023 79th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 115.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 39th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 23.7 t CO₂ 2024 4th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 26.25 t CO₂ 2024 2nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 3.9 Gt CO₂ 2024 51st of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 35.4 t CO₂e 2024 4th of 201
- Forest area 0.4 % of land 2024 200th of 208
- Water stress 3,850 % 2022 1st of 176
- Arable land 0.4 % of land 2024 196th of 205
- Renewable energy 0.1 % of final energy 2021 201st of 210
- Renewable electricity 2.2 % of electricity 2024 177th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 2.0 % of electricity 2024 74th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.2 % of electricity 2024 162nd of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 635 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 37th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 18,886 kWh 2024 5th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 62.3 µg/m³ 2023 6th of 199
Kuwait on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldArabic · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldKuwaiti dinar (KWD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, G · 240 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 3 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)