Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait
Kuwait: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.3% on the previous year and up 17.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Kuwait peaked at 0.2569 million SLC per square kilometre in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0169 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1991.
Kuwait ranks 131st of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | million SLC per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0432 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0481 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0514 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0579 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0658 million SLC per square kilometre | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0834 million SLC per square kilometre | +26.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0831 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0854 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0981 million SLC per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0975 million SLC per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0949 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0922 million SLC per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1017 million SLC per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0975 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 0.1011 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1014 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1024 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1135 million SLC per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 0.121 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1099 million SLC per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0672 million SLC per square kilometre | -38.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0169 million SLC per square kilometre | -74.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0562 million SLC per square kilometre | +231.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0734 million SLC per square kilometre | +30.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0966 million SLC per square kilometre | +31.6% |
| 1995 | 0.1034 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1109 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1288 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 0.1181 million SLC per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 0.1097 million SLC per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0717 million SLC per square kilometre | -34.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0674 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0859 million SLC per square kilometre | +27.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1008 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1121 million SLC per square kilometre | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 0.1179 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1192 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1116 million SLC per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2008 | 0.1302 million SLC per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 0.1166 million SLC per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 0.1188 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.1397 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1669 million SLC per square kilometre | +19.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1648 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1431 million SLC per square kilometre | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 0.135 million SLC per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1618 million SLC per square kilometre | +19.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1731 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 0.177 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1598 million SLC per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2096 million SLC per square kilometre | +31.2% |
| 2021 | 0.2569 million SLC per square kilometre | +22.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2334 million SLC per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre | -17.3% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7488 million SLC per square kilometre, 26% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.6252 million SLC per square kilometre, 31% 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 | +231.5% | 0.0169 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0562 million SLC per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0714 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0432 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0981 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1036 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0922 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.121 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0881 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0169 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1288 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1033 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0674 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1302 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.154 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1188 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.177 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2232 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.2569 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 128 Vanuatu 0.2261 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 129 Andorra 0.2119 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 130 Portugal 0.2034 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 132 El Salvador 0.1777 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 133 Cayman Islands 0.1719 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 134 Saudi Arabia 0.1615 million SLC per square kilometre 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)
- 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 0.1931 million SLC per square kilometre 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 0.2569 million SLC per square kilometre in 2021.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0169 million SLC per square kilometre in 1991.
- How does Kuwait rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Kuwait ranks 131st 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 up 17.2%. 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 Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. 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 Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.