Kuwait
Kuwait in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Kuwait recorded GDP per capita: 32,312 (2025), ranking 54 of 212 worldwide; Population: 4.87 million (2025), ranking 127 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 84.6 (2024), ranking 4 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 2.36% (2025), ranking 115 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+8500%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-106%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
It sits close to the world median across the measures below. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 10 of 19 comparable series are higher and 8 are lower.
Its population of 4.87 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 157,209,026,926.42 | 2025 | +8499.6% |
| GDP per capita | 32,312.31 | 2025 | +580.5% |
| GDP growth | 2.73% | 2025 | -61.2% |
| Population | 4,865,298 | 2025 | +1464.1% |
| Population growth | -0.65% | 2025 | -106.2% |
| Urban population | 100% | 2025 | +32.6% |
| Inflation | 2.36% | 2025 | -71.4% |
| Life expectancy | 84.58 | 2024 | +42.9% |
| Infant mortality | 7 | 2024 | -94.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 23.67 | 2024 | -51.9% |
| GDP (PPP) | 274,732,320,247.41 | 2025 | +430.1% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 56,467.73 | 2025 | +83.6% |
| Labor participation | 73.36% | 2025 | +13.0% |
| Unemployment | 2.18% | 2025 | +146.7% |
| Internet users | 100% | 2025 | — |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | 0.0% |
| Education spending | 6.44% | 2024 | +95.8% |
| Forest area | 0.35% | 2023 | +81.2% |
| Health spending | 4.96% | 2023 | +125.2% |