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Government debt in Kuwait

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Kuwait's government debt is 14.60 % — #4 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

14.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.1 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Kuwait over time

45.30 %24.10 %2.90 %45.30 % · 19912.90 % · 20241991: 45.30 %1992: 27.90 %1993: 28.80 %1994: 37.70 %1995: 34.90 %1996: 26.50 %1997: 24.30 %1998: 25.60 %1999: 25.50 %2000: 21.40 %2001: 23.00 %2002: 21.30 %2003: 17.20 %2004: 13.90 %2005: 10.20 %2006: 7.80 %2007: 7.00 %2008: 5.40 %2009: 6.70 %2010: 6.20 %2011: 4.60 %2012: 3.60 %2013: 3.10 %2014: 3.40 %2015: 4.60 %2016: 9.90 %2017: 19.60 %2018: 14.30 %2019: 10.50 %2020: 10.20 %2021: 7.20 %2022: 3.00 %2023: 3.10 %2024: 2.90 %2025: 14.60 %19912008202514.60 %
35 official observations, 1991 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#4 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
97 %
120 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 11.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
30.70 pp
peak 45.30 % in 1991
Full series
▼ 30.70 pp
since 1991

In Asia: #3 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −39.95 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Kuwait: ahead of 97 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtKuwait 14.60 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Kuwait is ahead of 97 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Kuwait
2 Hong Kong11.90 %−2.70 pp
3 Haiti12.30 %−2.30 pp
4 Kuwait14.60 %—
5 Russia17.20 %+2.60 pp
6 Puerto Rico18.00 %+3.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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