Kuwait vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP

Kuwait
1.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Kuwait rank
5th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
8th

GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Kuwait
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0.511.5196319942025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 1.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 0.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Kuwait ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 207 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 0.9082 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.01 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.102 current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1980s 1.33 current US$ per US$ of GDP 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.3089 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
1990s 1.29 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9948 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.294 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2000s 1.04 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9495 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0889 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2010s 1.11 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9888 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1184 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2020s 1.17 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.9908 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1761 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gni, atlas method (current us$), per unit of gdp, Kuwait or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Kuwait, at 1.25 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 1.02 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in gni, atlas method (current us$), per unit of gdp between Kuwait and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
0.23 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for gni, atlas method (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Kuwait ranks 5th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 8th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Kuwait vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-atlas-method-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/kuwait/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gni-atlas-method-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/kuwait/middle-east-north-africa-afghanistan-and-pakistan-excluding-high-income/">Kuwait vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): GNI, Atlas method (current US$), per unit of GDP</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
GNI, Atlas method (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
254 places, 13,209 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

GNI, Atlas method (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.