Kuwait vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Kuwait
306,408 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
4,828 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Kuwait rank
36th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
35th

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Kuwait
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0100.0k200.0k300.0k197519992023

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 306,408 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,828 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 301,580 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 63.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 36th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 198 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 23,351 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 547.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 22,803 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
1980s 38,579 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 652.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 37,927 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
1990s 60,496 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 821.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 59,675 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2000s 79,566 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,039 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 77,527 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2010s 111,189 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,181 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 108,008 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait
2020s 226,907 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,979 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 222,928 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Kuwait or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Kuwait, at 306,408 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,828 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Kuwait and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
301,580 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
41 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
How do Kuwait and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Kuwait ranks 36th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,137 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Primary income payments (BoP, 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.