Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre

Kuwait
7.49 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
United Arab Emirates
6.16 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
24th
United Arab Emirates rank
26th

Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Kuwait
  • United Arab Emirates
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196519942023

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 7.49 million current US$ per square kilometre against 6.16 million current US$ per square kilometre in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 1.33 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.2 times United Arab Emirates's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 24th and United Arab Emirates ranks 26th of 183 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
2000s 3.09 million current US$ per square kilometre 2.41 million current US$ per square kilometre 682,847 current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2010s 5.72 million current US$ per square kilometre 3.91 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.81 million current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2020s 6.78 million current US$ per square kilometre 5.21 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.57 million current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre, Kuwait or United Arab Emirates?
Kuwait, at 7.49 million current US$ per square kilometre against 6.16 million current US$ per square kilometre in United Arab Emirates as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre between Kuwait and United Arab Emirates?
1.33 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and United Arab Emirates?
23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and United Arab Emirates rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre?
Kuwait ranks 24th and United Arab Emirates ranks 26th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre. 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 United Arab Emirates: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gross-national-expenditure-current-us-per-square-kilometre/kuwait/united-arab-emirates/

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/gross-national-expenditure-current-us-per-square-kilometre/kuwait/united-arab-emirates/">Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
226 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.