Services, value added (current LCU), per capita in Kuwait
Kuwait: Services, value added (current LCU), per capita was 5,904 current LCU per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added (current LCU), per capita in Kuwait, 2010–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in current LCU per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for services, value added (current lcu), per capita in Kuwait is 5,904 current LCU per person, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added (current lcu), per capita in Kuwait peaked at 5,904 current LCU per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5,004 current LCU per person, in 2017.
Kuwait ranks 188th of 204 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Services, value added (current LCU), per capita in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | current LCU per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,287 current LCU per person | — |
| 2011 | 5,269 current LCU per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 5,370 current LCU per person | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 5,370 current LCU per person | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,324 current LCU per person | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 5,254 current LCU per person | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 5,012 current LCU per person | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 5,004 current LCU per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,011 current LCU per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,257 current LCU per person | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 5,175 current LCU per person | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 5,489 current LCU per person | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 5,488 current LCU per person | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 5,462 current LCU per person | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,609 current LCU per person | +2.7% |
| 2025 | 5,904 current LCU per person | +5.3% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 5,904 current LCU per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 54,478 current LCU per person, 11% of the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 5,904 current LCU per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 72,495 current LCU per person, 8% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,216 current LCU per person | 5,004 current LCU per person | 5,370 current LCU per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,521 current LCU per person | 5,175 current LCU per person | 5,904 current LCU per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 185 Solomon Islands 7,671 current LCU per person compare
- 186 Tonga 7,309 current LCU per person compare
- 187 Bahrain 6,249 current LCU per person compare
- 189 Azerbaijan 5,706 current LCU per person compare
- 190 Tajikistan 5,362 current LCU per person compare
- 191 Marshall Islands 5,176 current LCU per person compare
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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0284 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 916.14 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.517 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0207 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 668.96 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0124 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added (current lcu), per capita in Kuwait?
- Services, value added (current lcu), per capita in Kuwait was 5,904 current LCU per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest services, value added (current lcu), per capita recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 5,904 current LCU per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest services, value added (current lcu), per capita recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,004 current LCU per person in 2017.
- How does Kuwait rank for services, value added (current lcu), per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 188th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added (current lcu), per capita rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Services, value added (current LCU), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Services, value added (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Services, value added (current LCU) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Services, value added Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Services, value added (current LCU) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.