Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait

Kuwait: Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency was 21,503 million SLC in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
21,503 million SLC
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
132nd
of 174 countries
All-time high
22,030 million SLC
in 2019
All-time low
5,084 million SLC
in 2001
Years of data
22
2001–2022

Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, 2001–2022

5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k2001201120222001: 5.1k million SLC2002: 5.3k million SLC2003: 6.0k million SLC2004: 6.8k million SLC2005: 7.3k million SLC2006: 11.8k million SLC2007: 11.6k million SLC2008: 19.7k million SLC2009: 12.5k million SLC2010: 16.0k million SLC2011: 18.8k million SLC2012: 19.0k million SLC2013: 18.6k million SLC2014: 21.1k million SLC2015: 20.5k million SLC2016: 13.2k million SLC2017: 17.8k million SLC2018: 19.3k million SLC2019: 22.0k million SLC2020: 21.6k million SLC2021: 21.4k million SLC2022: 21.5k million SLC

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million SLC.

Analysis

Kuwait recorded 21,503 million SLC for total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Kuwait peaked at 22,030 million SLC in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5,084 million SLC, in 2001.

That places Kuwait 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.

Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, 2001 to 2022.
Year million SLC Change
2001 5,084 million SLC
2002 5,259 million SLC +3.4%
2003 5,964 million SLC +13.4%
2004 6,843 million SLC +14.7%
2005 7,275 million SLC +6.3%
2006 11,845 million SLC +62.8%
2007 11,622 million SLC -1.9%
2008 19,683 million SLC +69.4%
2009 12,510 million SLC -36.4%
2010 15,997 million SLC +27.9%
2011 18,801 million SLC +17.5%
2012 19,003 million SLC +1.1%
2013 18,600 million SLC -2.1%
2014 21,104 million SLC +13.5%
2015 20,536 million SLC -2.7%
2016 13,162 million SLC -35.9%
2017 17,777 million SLC +35.1%
2018 19,286 million SLC +8.5%
2019 22,030 million SLC +14.2%
2020 21,588 million SLC -2.0%
2021 21,391 million SLC -0.9%
2022 21,503 million SLC +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 9,565 million SLC 5,084 million SLC 19,683 million SLC 9
2010s 18,630 million SLC 13,162 million SLC 22,030 million SLC 10
2020s 21,494 million SLC 21,391 million SLC 21,588 million SLC 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Kuwait?
Total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency in Kuwait was 21,503 million SLC in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency recorded in Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 22,030 million SLC in 2019.
What is the lowest total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 5,084 million SLC in 2001.
How does Kuwait rank for total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency?
Kuwait ranks 132nd out of 174 countries with data for 2022.
Is total expenditure (central government) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Total Expenditure (central government) — Value Standard Local Currency
Unit
million SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
189 places, 3,863 data points, 2001–2024
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The Statistics Division of FAO collects annually data on Government Expenditure on Agriculture through a questionnaire, which was developed in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF is the responsible institution for the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) methodology and annually collects GFS data, including Expenditure by Functions of Government (COFOG). The Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is an international classification developed by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and published by the United Nations Statistical Division (UNSD), with the aim of categorise governments' functions according to their purposes. The FAO questionnaire aligns with Table 7 of the IMF GFS questionnaire, replicates the relevant aggregates and drills down to request additional detail related to Agriculture. The FAO dataset consists of a time series, from 2001 onwards, of Total Government Expenditure and expenditure in: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, along with its three disaggregated subsectors of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; and Environmental Protection. In addition, expenditure in each detailed function are further disaggregated into Recurrent and Capital expenditure. Additional indicators include the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure, and the Agriculture Orientation Index (ratio between the Agriculture Share of Government Expenditure and the Agriculture Value Added as Share of GDP). Data are reported for the highest level of government available (Consolidated general government, consolidated central government or budgetary central government) and are available for about 100 countries on a regular basis.