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International Rankings of Kuwait - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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This table lists the international rankings of Kuwait, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Kuwait, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data Rank Value Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 133 2.86 2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 127 84595 N/A
Internet users - percent of population 3 99.60 % 2018
Internet users - total 100 2.905 million N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 75 19.73 2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 91 583463 N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 3 247.76 2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 105 7.327 million N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures 53 62.600 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 54 50.500 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 103 10.00 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 28 7.127 billion US Dollars 2017
Debt - external 72 47.240 billion US Dollars 2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score 56 61 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score 62 67 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score 50 88 2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score 129 53 2020
Exports 52 84.825 billion US Dollars 2018
GDP (official exchange rate) 61 134.638 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 57 49.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 28 24.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 167 43.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 97 47.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 40 26.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 26 3.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 146 0.40 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 2 58.70 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 162 40.90 % of GDP 2017
Gross national saving 10 41 2018
Imports 58 54.556 billion US Dollars 2018
Industrial production growth rate 60 2.80 % 2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 71 1.50 % 2017
Labor force 112 2.695 million US Dollars 2017
Public debt 159 20.60 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 67 209.738 billion US Dollars 2019
Real GDP growth rate 140 3.30 % 2017
Real GDP per capita 30 49854 US Dollars 2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 48 33.700 billion US Dollars 2017
Taxes and other revenues 32 41.80 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 161 1.10 % 2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy 42 106.500 million 2017
Crude oil - exports 22 479700 2015
Crude oil - production 10 2.807 million 2018
Crude oil - proved reserves 7 101.500 billion 2018
Electricity - consumption 45 57.780 billion kWh 2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels 1 100 2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity 48 18.890 million kWh 2016
Electricity - production 44 65.950 billion 2016
Natural gas - consumption 37 21.720 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - imports 36 5.125 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - production 35 17.100 billion cubic meters 2017
Natural gas - proved reserves 19 1.784 trillion 2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption 35 446000 2016
Refined petroleum products - exports 12 705500 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 23 915800 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 37 99 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 110 6 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 11 57 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 169 9 2018
Land use - arable land 152 1 2018
Land use - other 11 91 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 118 8 2018
Total renewable water resources 175 20.000 million 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 96 778.400 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 134 23.300 million cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 83 448.300 million cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 93 1.35 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 1 100 2021
Geography
Area - land 156 17818 sq km N/A
Area - total 156 17818 sq km N/A
Coastline 104 499 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 187 4 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 137 108 meters N/A
Irrigated land 127 105 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 138 475 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 169 9 2018
Land use - arable land 152 1 2018
Land use - other 11 91 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 118 8 2018
Total renewable water resources 174 20.000 million 2017
Population Density 70 170.17 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 7 5 % of GDP 2020
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 110 14.96 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 6 52.39 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 155 5.43 N/A
Birth rate 80 17.90 births/1,000 population 2021
Current Health Expenditure 60 5 % of GDP 2018
Death rate 196 2.23 deaths/1,000 population 2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 128 4.00 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 8 24.90 % 2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 151 32.40 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 122 28.40 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
Hospital bed density 49 2.00 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 141 7.29 deaths/1,000 live births 2021
Infant mortality rate - male 152 7.89 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 151 7.60 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 64 80 years 2021
Life expectancy at birth - male 42 77 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 54 79 years N/A
Maternal mortality rate 103 12.00 2017
Median age - female 104 28 years 2020
Median age - male 76 31 years N/A
Median age - total 87 30 years N/A
Net migration rate 148 3.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 11 37.90 % 2016
Physicians density 55 2.65 physicians/1,000 population 2015
Population 135 3.032 million 2021
Population growth rate 75 1.20 % 2021
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 6 16 years 2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 7 14 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 7 15 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 7 1.09 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 4 1.21 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 4 1.69 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 5 1.26 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 32 0.79 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 9 1.05 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 4 1.38 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 70 2.25 children born/woman 2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female 42 30 2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male 96 9 N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total 74 15 N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 93 1.35 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 1 100 2021
Transportation
Airports 115 7 2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 37 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 43 1 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 26 1 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 74 4 2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 29 1 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 93 3 2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 65 2 2013
Heliports 22 4 2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 43 392.360 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 55 6.465 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 68 44.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 26 2 2020
Roadways - paved 90 4887 km 2018
Roadways - total 117 5749 km 2018

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Kuwait on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kuwait 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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