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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 (see all)
PM Shehbaz stresses economic cooperation in telephone call with Kuwaiti counterpart
Read: The News
2024-04-11
Kuwait votes in its 4th election in as many years in its latest attempt to end political gridlock
Read: Fox News
2024-04-04
Kuwait votes in its 4th election in as many years in its latest attempt to end political gridlock
Read: ABC News
2024-04-04
Metrics
General information
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 | 2.12 % 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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Coordinates: [29°50′N, 45°75′N]
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
