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Kuwait / Economy / GDP per person (PPP)

GDP per person (PPP) in Kuwait

intl $ · 2025 · from World Bank World Development Indicators

48.3K intl $in 2025

+3.4% over 1 year, −2.3% over 5, −16.5% over 10
Highest quartile among countries: 37 of 184 with a 2025 figure (1 is the highest value)
World: 21.9K intl $ the same year

Compare Kuwait with other countries · Which countries have this data, and for which years

GDP per person (PPP), Kuwait and the worldKuwait was at 48.3K intl $ in 2025, above the world's 21.9K intl $; in 1990 it was 38.9K intl $.

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Year	Kuwait	World
2025	48K	22K
2024	47K	21K
2023	48K	21K
2022	51K	20K
2021	51K	20K
2020	49K	19K
2019	51K	20K
2018	52K	19K
2017	52K	19K
2016	57K	18K
2015	58K	18K
2014	60K	18K
2013	62K	17K
2012	65K	17K
2011	65K	16K
2010	63K	16K
2009	68K	15K
2008	77K	16K
2007	79K	16K
2006	80K	15K
2005	78K	14K
2004	73K	14K
2003	68K	13K
2002	59K	13K
2001	59K	13K
2000	61K	13K
1999	60K	12K
1998	62K	12K
1997	62K	12K
1996	63K	12K
1995	64K	11K
1994	62K	11K
1993	57K	11K
1992	43K	11K
1991	29K	11K
1990	39K	11K

Where Kuwait sits among countries, 2025Kuwait's 48.3K intl $ is higher than 147 of the other 183 countries with a 2025 figure; the world as a whole was at 21.9K intl $.

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Every country, 2025 (184)

Singapore 139.6K intl $
Ireland 131.3K intl $
Luxembourg 127.4K intl $
Macao SAR China 117.1K intl $
Qatar 110.1K intl $
Norway 95.2K intl $
Switzerland 85.7K intl $
Guyana 83.7K intl $
Brunei 79.0K intl $
United States 76.9K intl $
Denmark 72.7K intl $
Netherlands 71.4K intl $
Hong Kong SAR China 68.7K intl $
Iceland 68.1K intl $
Andorra 68.0K intl $
Austria 64.0K intl $
Malta 63.7K intl $
Belgium 63.5K intl $
Sweden 63.4K intl $
Saudi Arabia 63.1K intl $
Germany 62.8K intl $
Bahrain 60.7K intl $
Australia 60.2K intl $
Canada 58.0K intl $
Finland 55.7K intl $
South Korea 55.7K intl $
France 55.1K intl $
Cyprus 54.1K intl $
United Kingdom 54.0K intl $
Italy 53.6K intl $
Spain 49.3K intl $
Czechia 49.3K intl $
Slovenia 49.1K intl $
Lithuania 48.8K intl $
Japan 48.3K intl $
Sint Maarten 48.3K intl $
Kuwait 48.3K intl $
New Zealand 48.2K intl $
Israel 48.2K intl $
Poland 46.9K intl $
Puerto Rico 44.6K intl $
Croatia 44.2K intl $
Portugal 42.6K intl $
Russia 42.4K intl $
Estonia 41.6K intl $
Hungary 41.2K intl $
Romania 40.8K intl $
Slovakia 40.7K intl $
Latvia 38.8K intl $
Greece 38.2K intl $
Kazakhstan 37.9K intl $
Panama 37.5K intl $
Türkiye 37.3K intl $
Oman 36.1K intl $
Malaysia 35.5K intl $
Bulgaria 35.3K intl $
Uruguay 32.7K intl $
Trinidad & Tobago 31.7K intl $
St. Kitts & Nevis 31.4K intl $
Chile 30.9K intl $
Seychelles 30.6K intl $
Antigua & Barbuda 30.6K intl $
Belarus 29.7K intl $
Montenegro 28.9K intl $
Mauritius 28.8K intl $
Costa Rica 28.4K intl $
Argentina 27.8K intl $
Serbia 27.6K intl $
Georgia 25.1K intl $
North Macedonia 25.1K intl $
China 25.1K intl $
Dominican Republic 24.5K intl $
St. Lucia 24.5K intl $
Maldives 24.4K intl $
Albania 22.7K intl $
Thailand 22.4K intl $
Azerbaijan 22.3K intl $
Barbados 22.1K intl $
Mexico 21.9K intl $
Bosnia & Herzegovina 21.2K intl $
Armenia 21.2K intl $
Brazil 20.0K intl $
Palau 19.7K intl $
St. Vincent & Grenadines 19.5K intl $
Dominica 19.4K intl $
Suriname 19.4K intl $
Turkmenistan 19.3K intl $
Gabon 19.0K intl $
Colombia 18.8K intl $
Grenada 18.2K intl $
Mongolia 17.8K intl $
Botswana 17.7K intl $
Egypt 17.3K intl $
Paraguay 17.2K intl $
Moldova 17.1K intl $
Iran 16.8K intl $
Bhutan 16.7K intl $
Ukraine 16.2K intl $
Peru 16.1K intl $
Algeria 15.9K intl $
Vietnam 15.5K intl $
Indonesia 15.1K intl $
Sri Lanka 14.6K intl $
Ecuador 14.3K intl $
Libya 14.1K intl $
Fiji 14.0K intl $
Equatorial Guinea 13.8K intl $
South Africa 13.6K intl $
Tunisia 13.0K intl $
Guatemala 13.0K intl $
Belize 12.8K intl $
Iraq 12.2K intl $
Nauru 12.1K intl $
El Salvador 12.1K intl $
Uzbekistan 11.6K intl $
Jamaica 11.4K intl $
Bolivia 11.0K intl $
Jordan 10.8K intl $
Philippines 10.7K intl $
Eswatini 10.7K intl $
Cape Verde 10.4K intl $
Namibia 10.2K intl $
India 10.0K intl $
Morocco 9.5K intl $
Laos 8.9K intl $
Angola 8.8K intl $
Bangladesh 8.7K intl $
Nigeria 8.1K intl $
Samoa 8.0K intl $
Nicaragua 7.9K intl $
Kyrgyzstan 7.9K intl $
Marshall Islands 7.7K intl $
Tonga 7.4K intl $
Ghana 7.4K intl $
Cambodia 7.3K intl $
Djibouti 7.2K intl $
Côte d’Ivoire 7.0K intl $
Honduras 6.7K intl $
Mauritania 6.6K intl $
Congo - Brazzaville 6.2K intl $
Kenya 6.0K intl $
Tuvalu 5.8K intl $
Pakistan 5.6K intl $
Zimbabwe 5.5K intl $
São Tomé & Príncipe 5.5K intl $
Nepal 5.3K intl $
Myanmar (Burma) 5.1K intl $
Tajikistan 5.1K intl $
Cameroon 4.9K intl $
Senegal 4.7K intl $
Papua New Guinea 4.5K intl $
Palestinian Territories 4.3K intl $
Guinea 4.2K intl $
Benin 4.1K intl $
Timor-Leste 4.1K intl $
Micronesia 3.9K intl $
Vanuatu 3.9K intl $
Tanzania 3.8K intl $
Zambia 3.7K intl $
Comoros 3.6K intl $
Rwanda 3.6K intl $
Togo 3.5K intl $
Kiribati 3.4K intl $
Sierra Leone 3.2K intl $
Gambia 3.2K intl $
Ethiopia 3.1K intl $
Mali 3.0K intl $
Uganda 3.0K intl $
Guinea-Bissau 2.8K intl $
Lesotho 2.7K intl $
Haiti 2.7K intl $
Burkina Faso 2.6K intl $
Chad 2.5K intl $
Solomon Islands 2.4K intl $
Sudan 1.9K intl $
Niger 1.9K intl $
Liberia 1.7K intl $
Madagascar 1.7K intl $
Congo - Kinshasa 1.6K intl $
Malawi 1.6K intl $
Mozambique 1.5K intl $
Somalia 1.4K intl $
Central African Republic 1.1K intl $
Burundi 1.1K intl $

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Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators: NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD (CC BY 4.0), constant 2021 international $
Updated several times a year; each indicator has its own latest year.
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