Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait
Kuwait: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita was 0.0024 million USD per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million USD per person.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait stood at 0.0024 million USD 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 us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait peaked at 0.0045 million USD per person in 1975 and was at its lowest, 0.0007 million USD per person, in 1991.
That places Kuwait 42nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | million USD per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0032 million USD per person | — |
| 1971 | 0.0033 million USD per person | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0033 million USD per person | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0035 million USD per person | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 0.0038 million USD per person | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0045 million USD per person | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0042 million USD per person | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 0.004 million USD per person | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0043 million USD per person | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0041 million USD per person | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0037 million USD per person | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0035 million USD per person | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0036 million USD per person | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0033 million USD per person | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0033 million USD per person | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0032 million USD per person | -3.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0031 million USD per person | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0033 million USD per person | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0034 million USD per person | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0029 million USD per person | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0024 million USD per person | -19.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0007 million USD per person | -68.6% |
| 1992 | 0.002 million USD per person | +174.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +27.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0034 million USD per person | +32.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0036 million USD per person | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0038 million USD per person | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0043 million USD per person | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0038 million USD per person | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0034 million USD per person | -9.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0022 million USD per person | -36.4% |
| 2001 | 0.002 million USD per person | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 million USD per person | +24.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0028 million USD per person | +14.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0031 million USD per person | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0031 million USD per person | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.003 million USD per person | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0026 million USD per person | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0029 million USD per person | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0025 million USD per person | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0024 million USD per person | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0026 million USD per person | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 0.003 million USD per person | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0028 million USD per person | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0023 million USD per person | -16.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0021 million USD per person | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0024 million USD per person | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0025 million USD per person | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0024 million USD per person | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0021 million USD per person | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0028 million USD per person | +32.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0035 million USD per person | +23.7% |
| 2022 | 0.003 million USD per person | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0024 million USD per person | -21.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +174.0% | 0.0007 million USD per person | 0.002 million USD per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0038 million USD per person | 0.0032 million USD per person | 0.0045 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0033 million USD per person | 0.0029 million USD per person | 0.0037 million USD per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.003 million USD per person | 0.0007 million USD per person | 0.0043 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0027 million USD per person | 0.002 million USD per person | 0.0031 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0025 million USD per person | 0.0021 million USD per person | 0.003 million USD per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0029 million USD per person | 0.0024 million USD per person | 0.0035 million USD per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 39 Malaysia 0.0027 million USD per person compare
- 40 Estonia 0.0026 million USD per person compare
- 41 Turkey 0.0025 million USD per person compare
- 43 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0022 million USD per person compare
- 44 Turkmenistan 0.0022 million USD per person compare
- 45 Greece 0.0021 million USD per person compare
More economy & growth data for Kuwait
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.82 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.61 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), 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$), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita in Kuwait was 0.0024 million USD per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0045 million USD per person in 1975.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0007 million USD per person in 1991.
- How does Kuwait rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 42nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$, 2015 prices, per capita rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 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 US$, 2015 prices divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 2015 prices Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$, 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.