International Rankings of Kuwait 2021, country comparisons

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	0
Internet users - percent of population	3	99.6 %	2018
Internet users - total	100	2.905 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	75	19.73	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	91	583463	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	3	247.76	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	105	7.327 million	0
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 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	56	61.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	62	67.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	50	88.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	129	52.6	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	61	134.638 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	57	49.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	28	24.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	167	43.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	97	47 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	40	26.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	26	3.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	146	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	2	58.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	162	40.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	60	2.8 %	2017
Labor force	112	2.695 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	147	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	67	209.738 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	20	49854 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	32	41.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	42	106.500 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	22	479700	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	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 - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	69	0	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	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 - exports	56	0 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 - imports	204	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	23	915800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	37	98.73 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	110	6.21 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	11	57.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	169	8.5	2018
Land use - arable land	152	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	178	0.4	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	7.6	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	95	0 % of GDP	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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	156	17818 sq km	0
Area - total	156	17818 sq km	0
Area - water	195	0157 sq km	0
Coastline	103	499 km	0
Elevation - highest point	53	0.000 trillion meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	137	108 meters	0
Irrigated land	128	105 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	137	475 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	169	8.5	2018
Land use - arable land	152	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	178	0.4	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	118	7.6	2018
Total renewable water resources	174	20.000 million	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	110	14.96 %	2642
Age structure - 25-54 years	6	52.39 %	3632
Age structure - 55-64 years	155	5.43 %	2026
Birth rate	80	17.9 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	131	N/A %	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 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	8	24.9 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	151	32.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	122	28.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	108	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - total	100	N/A % of population	2021
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2018
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2018
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	2018
Hospital bed density	49	2 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	151	7.6 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	64	80.43 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	42	77.44 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	54	78.9 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	103	12	2017
Median age - female	104	27.9 years	2020
Median age - male	76	30.7 years	0
Median age - total	87	29.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	148	3.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	11	37.9 %	2016
Physicians density	55	2.65 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	135	3.032 million	2021
Population growth rate	75	1.2 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	121	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - total	114	N/A % of population	2021
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	107	0 % of population	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	16 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	7	14 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	7	1.09 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	4	1.21	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	4	1.69	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	5	1.26	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.79 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	4	1.38 male(s)/female	0
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	9.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	74	15.4	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	93	1.35	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2021
Transportation
Airports	115	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	58	N/A	2021
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	36	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	91	4887 km	2018
Roadways - total	117	5749 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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.

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