KWD
Kuwait
Kuwait's government debt is 14.60 %, ranked 4th of 124. And its unemployment rate is 2.18 %, ranked 11th of 124.
Of 15 fields published for Kuwait, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
57 % of US prices
Money's value
46.10 %
100 saved in Kuwait in 2000 buys what 46 buys today — 54 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$408 PPP/mo
The law in Kuwait sets the floor at about $408 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
0.26 %
A bank account in Kuwait currently gains about 0.3 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
2.62 %
Inflation rate
2.36 %
At 2.4 % a year, prices double in about 31 years if it holds.
Bank spread
2.41 %
ranked 6th of 62
Inflation rate
2.36 %
ranked 13th of 123
Corporate tax
15.00 %
ranked 17th of 96
Lending rate
5.03 %
ranked 14th of 67
Minimum wage
$408 PPP/mo
ranked 60th of 85
Where Kuwait sits, field by field
Each dot is Kuwait’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Government debt14.60 %4 of 124
- Unemployment rate2.18 %11 of 124
- Bank spread2.41 %6 of 62
- Inflation rate2.36 %13 of 123
- Corporate tax15.00 %17 of 96
- Lending rate5.03 %14 of 67
- Minimum wage$408 PPP/mo60 of 85
- GDP per capita$32,31239 of 127
- Deposit rate2.62 %47 of 70
- Price level57 % of US prices82 of 125
- Real policy rate1.14 %22 of 53
- Money's value46.10 %48 of 116
- Savings vs inflation0.26 %41 of 69
- GDP growth2.73 %69 of 127
- Debt per person$4,71861 of 123
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Czech Republic
avg gap 9.8 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 14.60 % (Kuwait) vs 44.60 %
Qatar
avg gap 14 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $4,718 (Kuwait) vs $30,025
Poland
avg gap 17.8 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 14.60 % (Kuwait) vs 58.80 %
Norway
avg gap 18.5 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $4,718 (Kuwait) vs $29,275
| Deposit rate | 2.62 % | ranked 47th of 70 | |
| Price level | 57 % of US prices | ranked 82nd of 125 | |
| Real policy rate | 1.14 % | ranked 22nd of 53 | |
| Money's value | 46.10 % | ranked 48th of 116 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 0.26 % | ranked 41st of 69 | |
| GDP growth | 2.73 % | ranked 69th of 127 | |
| Debt per person | $4,718 | ranked 61st of 123 |
✓ 15 fields published for Kuwait, every one dated and sourced · 20 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Kuwait: mortgage rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 15 figures
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Real policy rate — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2026-07
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025