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Kuwait — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Kuwait, 1962–2025.
Latest value · 2025
32,312
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +580.5% since 1962
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
32,312
First (1962)
4,748
Change
+580.5%
Highest
55,585
in 2008
Lowest
3,552
in 1970
Average
20,290
Annual growth (CAGR)
3.09%
Years of data
64
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 32,312.31 |
| 2024 | 32,855.72 |
| 2023 | 34,091.97 |
| 2022 | 39,981.77 |
| 2021 | 34,018.63 |
| 2020 | 25,236.08 |
| 2019 | 31,707.87 |
| 2018 | 32,067.96 |
| 2017 | 29,047.65 |
| 2016 | 27,323.69 |
| 2015 | 29,882.21 |
| 2014 | 44,368.78 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.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.