Kuwait — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Kuwait, 1973–2025.
Latest value · 2025
2.36%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · -71.4% since 1973
Inflation for Kuwait was 2.36% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 53 years, from 1973 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 12.99% in 1974. The lowest was -0.55% in 1992 (about -4.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.38% per year.
Kuwait ranks 115 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 61%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.08%, so Kuwait sits above it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 28%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
2.36%
First (1973)
8.27%
Change
-71.4%
Highest
12.99%
in 1974
Lowest
-0.55%
in 1992
Average
3.94%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.38%
Years of data
53
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.36% |
| 2024 | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 3.64% |
| 2022 | 3.98% |
| 2021 | 3.42% |
| 2020 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 1.09% |
| 2018 | 0.54% |
| 2017 | 2.17% |
| 2016 | 3.2% |
| 2015 | 3.27% |
| 2014 | 2.91% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.