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Kuwait — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Kuwait, 1971–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.73%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -61.2% since 1971
GDP growth for Kuwait was 2.73% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 55 years, from 1971 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 82.81% in 1992. The lowest was -41.01% in 1991 (about -15.0× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.74% per year.
Kuwait ranks 126 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 59%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Kuwait sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 97% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 361%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.73%
First (1971)
7.04%
Change
-61.2%
Highest
82.81%
in 1992
Lowest
-41.01%
in 1991
Average
2.54%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.74%
Years of data
55
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.73% |
| 2024 | -1.47% |
| 2023 | -1.64% |
| 2022 | 6.76% |
| 2021 | 1.67% |
| 2020 | -4.82% |
| 2019 | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 2.74% |
| 2017 | -4.71% |
| 2016 | 2.93% |
| 2015 | 0.59% |
| 2014 | 0.5% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.