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GDP growth in Kuwait

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Kuwait's gdp growth is 2.73 % — #69 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

2.73%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Kuwait over time

17.33 %5.12 %-7.08 %17.33 % · 2003-7.08 % · 20092000: 4.69 %2001: 0.21 %2002: 3.01 %2003: 17.33 %2004: 10.24 %2005: 10.61 %2006: 7.51 %2007: 5.99 %2008: 2.48 %2009: -7.08 %2010: -2.37 %2011: 9.63 %2012: 6.63 %2013: 1.15 %2014: 0.50 %2015: 0.59 %2016: 2.93 %2017: -4.71 %2018: 2.74 %2019: 2.26 %2020: -4.82 %2021: 1.67 %2022: 6.76 %2023: -1.64 %2024: -1.47 %2025: 2.73 %2000201220252.73 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#69 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
46 %
58 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 4.21 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
14.59 pp
peak 17.33 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 1.96 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #27 of 36vs median 2.90 %: −0.17 pp (worse)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Kuwait: ahead of 46 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthKuwait 2.73 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Kuwait is ahead of 46 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Kuwait
67 Belize2.75 %+0.02 pp
68 Montenegro2.74 %+0.01 pp
69 Kuwait2.73 %—
70 Barbados2.70 %−0.03 pp
71 Colombia2.64 %−0.09 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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