Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Kuwait
Kuwait: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ was 12,489 million USD in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Kuwait, 1970–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million USD.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Kuwait is 12,489 million USD, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 13.6% on the previous year and up 22.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Kuwait peaked at 16,382 million USD in 2021 and was at its lowest, 120.4 million USD, in 1970.
Kuwait ranks 80th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | million USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 120.4 million USD | — |
| 1971 | 151.64 million USD | +26.0% |
| 1972 | 197.6 million USD | +30.3% |
| 1973 | 263 million USD | +33.1% |
| 1974 | 576.49 million USD | +119.2% |
| 1975 | 672.34 million USD | +16.6% |
| 1976 | 786.63 million USD | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 840.99 million USD | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 1,029 million USD | +22.3% |
| 1979 | 2,052 million USD | +99.4% |
| 1980 | 1,580 million USD | -23.0% |
| 1981 | 1,489 million USD | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 1,091 million USD | -26.7% |
| 1983 | 1,249 million USD | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 1,044 million USD | -16.4% |
| 1985 | 1,273 million USD | +22.0% |
| 1986 | 2,051 million USD | +61.1% |
| 1987 | 2,878 million USD | +40.3% |
| 1988 | 2,803 million USD | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 3,397 million USD | +21.2% |
| 1990 | 2,139 million USD | -37.0% |
| 1991 | 545.26 million USD | -74.5% |
| 1992 | 1,784 million USD | +227.1% |
| 1993 | 2,100 million USD | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 2,641 million USD | +25.7% |
| 1995 | 2,979 million USD | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 3,678 million USD | +23.5% |
| 1997 | 4,016 million USD | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 3,038 million USD | -24.3% |
| 1999 | 3,334 million USD | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 2,608 million USD | -21.8% |
| 2001 | 2,214 million USD | -15.1% |
| 2002 | 2,984 million USD | +34.8% |
| 2003 | 3,782 million USD | +26.7% |
| 2004 | 4,941 million USD | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 5,866 million USD | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 5,566 million USD | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 6,344 million USD | +14.0% |
| 2008 | 6,525 million USD | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 5,427 million USD | -16.8% |
| 2010 | 6,898 million USD | +27.1% |
| 2011 | 8,646 million USD | +25.3% |
| 2012 | 10,381 million USD | +20.1% |
| 2013 | 10,241 million USD | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 9,014 million USD | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 7,995 million USD | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 7,880 million USD | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 9,053 million USD | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 10,298 million USD | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 8,986 million USD | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 10,096 million USD | +12.4% |
| 2021 | 16,382 million USD | +62.3% |
| 2022 | 14,450 million USD | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 12,489 million USD | -13.6% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 12,489 million USD is above the median for high income countries, which is 11,780 million USD, 1.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 12,489 million USD is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8,894 million USD, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$ 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 | +227.1% | 545.26 million USD | 1,784 million USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 668.96 million USD | 120.4 million USD | 2,052 million USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,885 million USD | 1,044 million USD | 3,397 million USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,625 million USD | 545.26 million USD | 4,016 million USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,626 million USD | 2,214 million USD | 6,525 million USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,939 million USD | 6,898 million USD | 10,381 million USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,354 million USD | 10,096 million USD | 16,382 million USD | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 77 Guatemala 14,612 million USD compare
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- 79 Slovenia 13,549 million USD compare
- 81 Democratic Republic of the Congo 12,447 million USD compare
- 82 Costa Rica 11,780 million USD compare
- 83 Côte d'Ivoire 11,759 million USD compare
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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$), annual growth rate 1.99 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Kuwait?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ in Kuwait was 12,489 million USD in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 16,382 million USD in 2021.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 120.4 million USD in 1970.
- How does Kuwait rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value us$?
- Kuwait ranks 80th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value us$ rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value US$. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).