Kuwait

National Accounts	Last	Frequency	Range
Nominal GDP (USD mn)	25,823.2 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2010 - Sep 2020
Real GDP Growth (%)	1.2 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 2010 - Sep 2020
Nominal GDP Growth (%)	-20.317 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Sep 2020
GDP per Capita (USD)	22,682.592 2020	yearly	1993 - 2020
GDP Deflator Growth (%)	-10.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2011 - Sep 2020
Private Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	56,322.765 2019	yearly	1962 - 2019
Private Consumption: % of GDP (%)	41.4 2019	yearly	1962 - 2019
Public Consumption Expenditure (USD mn)	34,349.530 2019	yearly	1962 - 2019
Public Consumption: % of GDP (%)	25.2 2019	yearly	1962 - 2019
Investment: % of GDP (%)	25.0 2019	yearly	1962 - 2019
Gross Fixed Capital Formation (USD mn)	29,731.557 2019	yearly	1962 - 2019
Gross National Product (GNP) (USD mn)	154,464.291 2019	yearly	1964 - 2019
Gross Savings Rate (%)	31.1 2019	yearly	1970 - 2019
Forecast: GDP PPP Per Capita (PPP Intl $)	45,617.890 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Forecast: Nominal GDP Per Capita (USD)	26,074.810 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Forecast: Real GDP Growth (%)	2.461 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Total Trade of Goods & Services: % of Nominal GDP (%)	100.486 2018	yearly	1962 - 2018

Production	Last	Frequency	Range
Industrial Production Index Growth (%)	-10.0 Mar 2017	monthly	Jan 1966 - Mar 2017
Minerals Production (Metric Ton)	145,187,100.000 2019	yearly	2009 - 2019

Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-9.6 2019	yearly	1988 - 2019
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	-12,891.871 2019	yearly	1988 - 2019
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	128.142 Dec 2015	monthly	Sep 2003 - Dec 2015
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	1.3 2019	yearly	1986 - 2019
National Government Debt (USD mn)	3,158.8 May 2021	monthly	Dec 1993 - May 2021
Government Debt: % of GDP (%)	3.2 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2010 - Sep 2020
Forecast: Government Expenditure (KWD bn)	24.119 2026	yearly	1990 - 2026
Forecast: Government Net Debt (KWD bn)	37.408 2026	yearly	1991 - 2026
Forecast: Government Revenue (KWD bn)	22.312 2026	yearly	1990 - 2026
Government Fiscal Balance: ytd (KWD mn)	-5,954.525 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Expenditure: ytd: Current (KWD mn)	13,761.529 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Revenue: ytd: Non Oil (KWD mn)	1,213.483 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Expenditure: ytd: Purchases of Non Financial Assets (KWD mn)	1,055.958 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Revenue: ytd (KWD mn)	8,862.962 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Revenue: ytd: Non Oil: Tax and Fees (KWD mn)	415.966 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Expenditure: ytd (KWD mn)	14,817.487 Feb 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - Feb 2021
Government Expenditure: Capital (KWD mn)	226.000 2016	yearly	1989 - 2016
Government Expenditure: Current (KWD mn)	12,125.900 2016	yearly	1989 - 2016
Government Revenue: Tax (KWD mn)	486.000 2016	yearly	1987 - 2016
Government Expenditure (KWD mn)	18,245.900 2016	yearly	1989 - 2016
Government Revenue (KWD mn)	13,633.900 2016	yearly	1987 - 2016

Demographic and Labour Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Population (Person mn)	4.7 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Labour Force Participation Rate (%)	71.1 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Employed Persons (Person)	2,729,500.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Unemployment Rate (%)	2.09 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Labour Productivity Growth (%)	-1.25 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019
Forecast: Population (Person mn)	5.759 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Forecast: Employment (Person mn)	0.000	yearly	-
Forecast: Unemployment Rate (%)	1.087 2018	yearly	1981 - 2018
Population: Annual (Person th)	4,671.000 2020	yearly	1990 - 2020
Population: Non Kuwaiti (Person)	3,177,606.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Population: Kuwaiti (Person)	1,386,363.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Vital Statistics: Natural Increase Rate (‰)	13.050 2017	yearly	2008 - 2017
Labour Force: Kuwaiti: Female (Person)	216,314.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Labour Force (Person)	2,787,826.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Labour Force: Non Kuwaiti: Female (Person)	465,560.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Labour Force: Kuwaiti: Male (Person)	227,964.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Labour Force: Non Kuwaiti: Male (Person)	1,877,988.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Employment (Person)	2,729,500.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Employment: Non Kuwaiti: Male (Person)	1,873,692.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Employment: Kuwaiti: Female (Person)	189,949.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Employment: Non Kuwaiti: Female (Person)	464,869.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Employment: Kuwaiti: Male (Person)	200,990.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Unemployment: Kuwaiti: Female (Person)	26,365.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Unemployment: Non Kuwaiti: Male (Person)	4,296.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Unemployment: Non Kuwaiti: Female (Person)	691.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Unemployment (Person)	58,326.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Unemployment: Kuwaiti: Male (Person)	26,974.000 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
KW: Employment Index (2010=100)	117.369 2016	yearly	2003 - 2016

Domestic Trade and Household Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Number of Registered Vehicles (Unit)	2,368,680 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Motor Vehicles Sales (Unit)	85,287 2020	yearly	2005 - 2020
Motor Vehicles Sales Growth (%)	-24.3 2020	yearly	2006 - 2020
Motor Vehicle Sales: Commercial Cars (Unit)	12,639.000 Dec 2020	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2020
Motor Vehicle Sales: Passenger Cars (Unit)	72,648.000 Dec 2020	semiannually	Dec 2005 - Dec 2020

Inflation	Last	Frequency	Range
Consumer Price Index CPI Growth (%)	3.1 Apr 2021	monthly	Jul 1992 - Apr 2021
Core CPI Change (%)	1.804 Mar 2021	monthly	May 2017 - Mar 2021
CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change (%)	10.754 Apr 2021	monthly	Jan 2001 - Apr 2021
Producer Price Index Growth (%)	0.8 Mar 2021	monthly	Jan 1974 - Mar 2021
Forecast: Consumer Price Index Growth (%)	2.500 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Wholesale Price Index (2007=100)	139.000 Mar 2021	monthly	May 2011 - Mar 2021

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	1.236 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Trade Balance (USD mn)	1,817.0 Mar 2021	monthly	Jan 1993 - Mar 2021
Total Exports (USD mn)	4,090.9 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Dec 2020
Total Exports Growth (%)	-29.9 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Dec 2020
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	7,428.111 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	28,754.528 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	1,208.010 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Total Imports (USD mn)	2,427.0 Feb 2021	monthly	Jan 1992 - Feb 2021
Total Imports Growth (%)	-5.9 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Dec 2020
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	867,654.908 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	283,644.869 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	0.143 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1973 - Oct 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	242.817 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 2017 - Dec 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	31.662 Feb 2021	monthly	Jan 2017 - Feb 2021
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	456.091 Jan 2021	monthly	Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
Trade Balance: Quarterly (KWD mn)	2,789.603 Dec 2018	quarterly	Mar 1973 - Dec 2018
Exports: SITC: Other Manufactured Articles (KWD mn)	36.800 Sep 2018	quarterly	Sep 2014 - Sep 2018
Exports: SITC: Food and Live Animals (KWD mn)	39.900 Sep 2018	quarterly	Sep 2014 - Sep 2018

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	1,839.3 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Dec 2020
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	8,084.3 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	31.3 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	60.8 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	0.2 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	6,651.078 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Dec 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	-0.9 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn)	39.5 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn)	-274.691 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2020
External Debt (USD mn)	53,819.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2018 - Sep 2020
External Debt: % of GDP (%)	50.2 2019	yearly	2014 - 2019
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	5.366 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Net International Investment Position (USD mn)	93,856.844 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
BoP: FA: Other Investments (OT) (KWD mn)	-1,407.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: CA: Secondary Income: Credit (KWD mn)	0.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment: Assets (KWD mn)	-1,260.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: CA: Primary Income: Debit (KWD mn)	0.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities: Debt Instruments (KWD mn)	0.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives: Assets (KWD mn)	-36.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: Portfolio Investment: Liabilities (KWD mn)	10.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: Capital Account: Debit (KWD mn)	5.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: Financial Derivatives: Liabilities (KWD mn)	40.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: Reserve Assets: Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) (KWD mn)	448.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: CA: Debit (KWD mn)	0.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: Net Errors and Omissions (KWD mn)	493.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: OT: Assets (KWD mn)	-2,795.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018
BoP: FA: OT: Liabilities (KWD mn)	1,389.000 Sep 2018	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Sep 2018

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	1.8 Sep 2019	quarterly	Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
Household Debt: % of GDP (%)	1.3 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2010 - Sep 2020
Money Supply M1 (USD mn)	42,645.054 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1994 - May 2021
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	127,897.922 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1994 - May 2021
M2 Growth (%)	-1.6 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1995 - May 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	43,450.1 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1964 - May 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	40.595 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2010 - Sep 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	20.9 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1973 - Jun 2020
Gold Reserves (USD mn)	105.543 May 2021	monthly	Dec 1961 - May 2021
Total Deposits (USD mn)	145,329.343 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1994 - May 2021
Total Deposits Growth (%)	3.4 Feb 2021	monthly	Jan 1995 - Feb 2021
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	115,597.0 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1994 - May 2021
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	5.0 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1995 - May 2021
Household Debt (USD mn)	853.2 May 2021	monthly	Jan 2002 - May 2021
Total Loans (USD mn)	132,579.427 Feb 2021	monthly	Jan 1994 - Feb 2021
Total Loans Growth (%)	2.87 Apr 2021	monthly	Jan 1995 - Apr 2021
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	114.09 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2010 - Sep 2020
Money Supply: M3: M2: M1: Currency in Circulation (KWD mn)	1,849.300 May 2021	monthly	Jan 1994 - May 2021

Banking Statistics	Last	Frequency	Range
Liquid Assets Ratio (%)	23.3 Sep 2019	quarterly	Mar 2017 - Sep 2019
Capital Adequacy Ratio (%)	18.3 2018	yearly	2007 - 2018

Interest and Foreign Exchange Rates	Last	Frequency	Range
Bank Lending Rate (% pa)	3.780 May 2021	monthly	Apr 1979 - May 2021
Exchange Rate against USD (KWD/USD)	0.302 Apr 2021	monthly	Jan 1957 - Apr 2021
Policy Rate (% pa)	1.50 Apr 2021	monthly	Jul 1999 - Apr 2021
Short Term Interest Rate (% pa)	1.50 Apr 2021	monthly	Nov 2001 - Apr 2021
Foreign Exchange Rate: End of Period: US Dollar (KWD/USD)	0.303 Dec 2018	monthly	Dec 1993 - Dec 2018

Energy	Last	Frequency	Range
Electricity Production (GWh)	3,956 Dec 2019	monthly	Jan 2003 - Dec 2019
Natural Gas Production: OPEC: Marketed Production (Cub m mn)	13,952.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Natural Gas: Imports (Cub m mn)	4,509.010 2019	yearly	1975 - 2019
Natural Gas: Consumption (Cub ft/Day bn)	1.992 2020	yearly	1965 - 2020
Crude Oil: Production (Barrel/Day th)	2,383.000 Jun 2021	monthly	Jan 2002 - Jun 2021
Crude Oil: Exports (Barrel/Day th)	1,986.320 2019	yearly	1980 - 2019
Oil Consumption (Barrel/Day th)	410.965 2020	yearly	1965 - 2020

Tourism	Last	Frequency	Range
Visitor Arrivals (Person)	12,316 Dec 2017	monthly	Jan 1997 - Dec 2017
Visitor Arrivals Growth (%)	-32.8 Dec 2017	monthly	Jan 1998 - Dec 2017
Tourism Revenue (USD mn)	1,176 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Tourism Revenue Growth (%)	28.0 2019	yearly	1996 - 2019

Financial Market	Last	Frequency	Range
Equity Market Index (29Mar2018=1000)	6,210.9 May 2021	monthly	Apr 2018 - May 2021
Market Capitalization: % of GDP (%)	99.3 2020	yearly	2000 - 2020
Market Capitalization (USD mn)	120,269.362 May 2021	monthly	Apr 2005 - May 2021
Trading Value: Boursa Kuwait (BK) (KWD)	204,776,610.51 May 2018	monthly	Apr 2018 - May 2018
Trading Volume: Boursa Kuwait (BK) (Unit)	1,198,027,674.00 May 2018	monthly	Apr 2018 - May 2018
Number of Listed Companies: Boursa Kuwait (BK) (Unit)	175.00 May 2018	monthly	Apr 2018 - May 2018

Transport and Telecommunications	Last	Frequency	Range
Motor Vehicle Registered (Unit th)	1,876.188 2015	yearly	2005 - 2015
Container Port Throughput (TEU)	959,575.625 2019	yearly	2008 - 2019
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (2004=100)	11.440 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Number of Subscriber Fixed Line (Unit)	583,463.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Number of Subscriber Mobile (Person)	7,327,028.000 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Fixed Line (Number)	13.869 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Teledensity: Mobile (Number)	174.159 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019
Exports: ICT Goods (USD th)	90,048.624 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019
Exports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	52,302.958 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Exports: Television (USD th)	4,898.407 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Imports: ICT Goods (USD th)	2,476,986.449 2019	yearly	2000 - 2019
Imports: Telecommunication Equipment (USD th)	1,433,993.531 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020
Imports: Television (USD th)	138,589.750 2020	yearly	1995 - 2020