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Key facts

  • Currency: Kuwaiti dinar
  • Capital city: Kuwait City
  • Region: Western Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 17,820 km²
  • Population: 4,268,873
  • Political Leader: Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Emir)

Latest news

PM calls for implementation of $10b Pak-Kuwait agreements

Read: Nation PK

2024-03-20

Global energy demand will outpace population growth through 2050, Kuwait oil CEO says

Read: CNBC News

2024-03-19

PM calls for 'concerted efforts' to implement multibillion-dollar Pak-Kuwait agreements

Read: The News

2024-03-19

PM Shehbaz seeks 'early implementation' of Pak-Kuwait agreements worth $10bn

Read: Nation PK

2024-03-19

Kuwait to hold parliamentary elections on April 4, latest round of voting in years of turmoil

Read: ABC News

2024-03-03

Kuwait to hold parliamentary elections on April 4, latest round of voting in years of turmoil

Read: The Star

2024-03-03

3 TN men who fled Kuwait on vessel granted bail

Read: Times of India

2024-02-18

Metrics

Business

Expense 34.55 % of GDP
GDP 175,363,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 3.98 annual %
Self-employed 2.09 % of total employment
Tax revenue 1.49 % of GDP
Unemployment 2.20 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 1.43 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 1,500.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 0.00 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 92,308.90 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 36.42 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 63.58 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports -391.06 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.11 births per woman
Forest area 62 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 93.69 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,767.77 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 35.10 years
Methane emissions 22,640.60 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 946.96 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 1,672,926
Male Population 2,595,948
Renewable energy consumption 0.10 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 16,647.70 km²
Rural population 0
Urban land area 772.94 km²
Urban population 4,268,873
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 3.91 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 10.41 per 1,000 people
Death rate 2.91 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 1,532.56 current US$
Health expenditure 6.31 % of GDP
Hospital beds 2.04 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 79 years
Suicide mortality rate 2.90 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 99.70 % of population
Net migration 11,999
Press freedom 2.31


Politics

Armed forces personnel 25,000
Democracy score 3.85
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 4.53 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 6.25 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 8 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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