Kuwait — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Kuwait, 1962–2025.
GDP per capita for Kuwait was 32,312 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 64 years, from 1962 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 55,585 in 2008. The lowest was 3,552 in 1970 (about 9.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 3.09% per year.
Kuwait ranks 54 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5,348, so Kuwait sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 42% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 8%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 6 of 23 economies; Bahrain (30,597) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 126% in 1974.
Data highlights
From its 1962 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 2008. Doubling roughly every 23 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 1st of 115 in 1962 → 10th of 146 in 1970 → 8th of 163 in 1980 → 40th of 192 in 1990 → 36th of 204 in 2000 → 34th of 212 in 2010 → 49th of 210 in 2020 → 39th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1962 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32,312.31 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 32,855.72 | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 34,091.97 | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 39,981.77 | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 34,018.63 | +34.8% |
| 2020 | 25,236.08 | -20.4% |
| 2019 | 31,707.87 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 32,067.96 | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 29,047.65 | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 27,323.69 | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 29,882.21 | -32.7% |
| 2014 | 44,368.78 | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 49,651.04 | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 52,155.22 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 49,169.61 | +25.4% |
| 2010 | 39,212.25 | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 37,907.1 | -31.8% |
| 2008 | 55,585.19 | +21.6% |
| 2007 | 45,709.41 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 42,946.64 | +18.9% |
| 2005 | 36,122.61 | +31.1% |
| 2004 | 27,552.28 | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 22,690.66 | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 18,512.75 | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 17,374.23 | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 19,296.35 | +21.7% |
| 1999 | 15,853.63 | +12.7% |
| 1998 | 14,066.95 | -17.1% |
| 1997 | 16,977.39 | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 18,201.1 | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 16,168.17 | +8.3% |
| 1994 | 14,929.74 | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 14,317.72 | +17.9% |
| 1992 | 12,146.2 | +49.1% |
| 1991 | 8,147.11 | -25.5% |
| 1990 | 10,937.54 | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 10,964.69 | +13.1% |
| 1988 | 9,692.35 | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 10,895.65 | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 9,076.71 | -19.8% |
| 1985 | 11,321.66 | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 11,918.62 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 11,965.34 | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 12,978.89 | -18.0% |
| 1981 | 15,825.19 | -16.8% |
| 1980 | 19,031.91 | +9.5% |
| 1979 | 17,385.89 | +50.3% |
| 1978 | 11,567.07 | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 11,237.8 | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 11,141.2 | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 10,881.72 | -13.1% |
| 1974 | 12,526.6 | +126.4% |
| 1973 | 5,532.43 | +14.4% |
| 1972 | 4,835.69 | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 4,485.61 | +26.3% |
| 1970 | 3,551.59 | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 3,694.96 | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 3,871.95 | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 3,887.35 | -6.9% |
| 1966 | 4,176.11 | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 4,023.99 | -8.1% |
| 1964 | 4,378.78 | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 4,444.52 | -6.4% |
| 1962 | 4,748.39 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kuwait’s GDP per capita in 1963?
4,444.52 (1963). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Kuwait’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Kuwait’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1962 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +580.5% in total — about 3.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 32,312.31; 2024: 32,855.72; 2023: 34,091.97; 2022: 39,981.77; 2021: 34,018.63. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.