Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait
Kuwait: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.0007 million SLC per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Kuwait stood at 0.0007 million SLC per person.
The figure is down 21.8% on the previous year and down 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Kuwait peaked at 0.0013 million SLC per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 million SLC per person, in 1991.
Kuwait ranks 165th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | million SLC per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.001 million SLC per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0012 million SLC per person | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -19.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0002 million SLC per person | -68.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | +174.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +27.7% |
| 1994 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +32.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0013 million SLC per person | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0011 million SLC per person | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 0.001 million SLC per person | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -36.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +24.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +14.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0006 million SLC per person | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0008 million SLC per person | +32.4% |
| 2021 | 0.001 million SLC per person | +23.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0009 million SLC per person | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0007 million SLC per person | -21.8% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 0.0007 million SLC per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0052 million SLC per person, 14% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 0.0007 million SLC per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.005 million SLC per person, 14% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +174.0% | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0011 million SLC per person | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0013 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.001 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0011 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0002 million SLC per person | 0.0013 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0008 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.0006 million SLC per person | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0009 million SLC per person | 0.0007 million SLC per person | 0.001 million SLC per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 2.99 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 614.43 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 413.09 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -32.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 84.91 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Kuwait?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Kuwait was 0.0007 million SLC per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0013 million SLC per person in 1975.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 million SLC per person in 1991.
- How does Kuwait rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Kuwait ranks 165th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.