Kuwait vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per

Kuwait
0.2579 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.1639 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Kuwait rank
22nd
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
20th

General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per over time

  • Kuwait
  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
00.20.40.60.8196019922025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.2579 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1639 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.094 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 22nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 187 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1461 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0974 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0486 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
1970s 0.1228 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1079 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
1980s 0.2098 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1089 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.101 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
1990s 0.3838 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1371 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.2466 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2000s 0.1887 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1423 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0464 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2010s 0.2029 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1644 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0385 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2020s 0.2537 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1654 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0882 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per, Kuwait or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
Kuwait, at 0.2579 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.1639 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per between Kuwait and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
0.094 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per?
Kuwait ranks 22nd and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 20th of 187 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
230 places, 11,054 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.