International Rankings of Kuwait 2023, 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	52	2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	134	73948	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100 %	2021
Internet users - total	105	4.300 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	46	13	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	85	580000	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	11	163	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	112	6.918 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	57	0.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	60	19.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	53	72.030 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	41	77.988 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	103	10 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	17	34.943 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	72	47.240 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	55	77.121 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	62	134.638 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	58	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	169	43.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	99	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	169	40.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	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
Imports	67	48.954 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	190	12.2 %	2020
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	95	3.42 %	2021
Labor force	120	2.363 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	149	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	135	N/A %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	166	N/A %	0
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	174	20.6 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	69	191.522 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	199	8.86 %	2020
Real GDP per capita	38	43900 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	46	49.525 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	9	41.8 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	169	3.71 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	15	46.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	76	17.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	25.5	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	93	578000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	34	47.715 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	43	44.288 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	104	68000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	93	68000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	44	63.802 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	49	19.371 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	41	6.701 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	2	99.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	72	0.1 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	7	381.985 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	32	24.323 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	37	4.806 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	33	19.510 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	18	1.784 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	9	1.838 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	6	101.500 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	41	342000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	10	2.721 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	13	705500 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	212	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	24	915800 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	37	98.73 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	111	6.21 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	11	57.17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	174	8.5	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	180	0.4	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7.6	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	176	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	88	780.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	75	450.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	94	1.35	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	158	17818 sq km	0
Area - total	159	17818 sq km	0
Area - water	208	0157 sq km	0
Coastline	108	499 km	0
Elevation - highest point	60	0.000 trillion meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	139	108 meters	0
Irrigated land	136	100 sq km	2015
Land boundaries - total	142	475 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	174	8.5	2018
Land use - arable land	156	0.6	2018
Land use - forest	180	0.4	2018
Land use - other	11	91.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	82	0.3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	120	7.6	2018
Military
Military expenditures	1	6.8 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	152	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	168	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	82	17.65 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	82	3 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	55	6.3 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	62	59.6 %	2023
Death rate	200	2.27 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	8	24.9 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	176	34.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	131	28.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	20	6.6 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	62	1.09 %	2023
Hospital bed density	51	2 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	146	6.96 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	154	7.57 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	155	7.27 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	72	80.87 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	43	77.89 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	54	79.35 years	0
Literacy - female	34	95.4 %	2020
Literacy - male	22	97.1 %	0
Literacy - total population	29	96.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	115	7 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	108	27.9 years	2020
Median age - male	81	30.7 years	0
Median age - total	91	29.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	162	4.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	11	37.9 %	2016
Physicians density	69	2.34 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	136	3.104 million	2023
Population growth rate	69	1.13 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	16 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 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 - 15-64 years	4	1.52 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	38	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	4	1.37 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	92	2.2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	57	33.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	73	17.9 %	2020
Total fertility rate	72	2.22 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	94	1.35	2025
Urbanization - urban population	1	100	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	15	46.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	76	17.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	50	25.5	0
Transportation
Airports	116	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	95	31000	3280
Heliports	22	4	2021
Merchant marine - total	70	166	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	44	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	93	4887 km	2018
Roadways - total	128	5749 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kuwait 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.