Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait
Kuwait: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 23,150 USD in 2024. ▼ Falling
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait is 23,150 USD, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait peaked at 69,375 USD in 1971 and was at its lowest, 14,964 USD, in 1991.
Kuwait ranks 50th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 69,293 USD | — |
| 1971 | 69,375 USD | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 67,752 USD | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 59,590 USD | -12.0% |
| 1974 | 48,818 USD | -18.1% |
| 1975 | 40,248 USD | -17.6% |
| 1976 | 40,218 USD | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 36,233 USD | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 36,510 USD | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 39,154 USD | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 29,850 USD | -23.8% |
| 1981 | 22,999 USD | -23.0% |
| 1982 | 19,331 USD | -15.9% |
| 1983 | 19,887 USD | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 20,052 USD | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 18,451 USD | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 19,237 USD | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 19,988 USD | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 17,291 USD | -13.5% |
| 1989 | 20,956 USD | +21.2% |
| 1990 | 20,347 USD | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 14,964 USD | -26.5% |
| 1992 | 22,612 USD | +51.1% |
| 1993 | 29,571 USD | +30.8% |
| 1994 | 32,274 USD | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 32,384 USD | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 32,413 USD | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 32,155 USD | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 32,308 USD | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 30,800 USD | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 31,341 USD | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 30,573 USD | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 30,703 USD | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 35,170 USD | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 37,918 USD | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 40,451 USD | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 41,138 USD | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 41,114 USD | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 39,852 USD | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 35,124 USD | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 32,568 USD | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 33,545 USD | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 33,579 USD | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 32,312 USD | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 31,074 USD | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 29,883 USD | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 29,455 USD | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 27,049 USD | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 26,707 USD | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 26,581 USD | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 25,542 USD | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 26,356 USD | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 26,509 USD | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 24,228 USD | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 23,150 USD | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50,719 USD | 36,233 USD | 69,375 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,804 USD | 17,291 USD | 29,850 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,983 USD | 14,964 USD | 32,413 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,338 USD | 30,573 USD | 41,138 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,275 USD | 26,581 USD | 33,579 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,157 USD | 23,150 USD | 26,509 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Kuwait
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.82 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.61 Percent per annum (2029)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.3969 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 12,824 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), annual 2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 0.1663 constant LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU), per 5,373 constant LCU per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 4.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5962 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Kuwait was 23,150 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 69,375 USD in 1971.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,964 USD in 1991.
- How does Kuwait rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Kuwait ranks 50th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).