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Current account to GDP in Kuwait

Latest: 22.7%
Previous: 29.0%
Change: -6.33 (-21.8%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Current account to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Current account to GDP in Kuwait
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	49.3%
Dec 31, 1976	52.8%
Dec 31, 1977	32.3%
Dec 31, 1978	39.5%
Dec 31, 1979	56.7%
Dec 31, 1980	53.4%
Dec 31, 1981	54.7%
Dec 31, 1982	23.0%
Dec 31, 1983	25.4%
Dec 31, 1984	29.6%
Dec 31, 1985	22.4%
Dec 31, 1986	31.4%
Dec 31, 1987	20.4%
Dec 31, 1988	22.2%
Dec 31, 1989	37.6%
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	—
Dec 31, 1992	-2.3%
Dec 31, 1993	10.4%
Dec 31, 1994	13.1%
Dec 31, 1995	18.4%
Dec 31, 1996	22.6%
Dec 31, 1997	26.1%
Dec 31, 1998	8.5%
Dec 31, 1999	16.6%
Dec 31, 2000	38.9%
Dec 31, 2001	23.9%
Dec 31, 2002	11.2%
Dec 31, 2003	19.7%
Dec 31, 2004	26.1%
Dec 31, 2005	37.2%
Dec 31, 2006	44.6%
Dec 31, 2007	36.1%
Dec 31, 2008	40.9%
Dec 31, 2009	27.3%
Dec 31, 2010	32.0%
Dec 31, 2011	42.9%
Dec 31, 2012	45.5%
Dec 31, 2013	39.9%
Dec 31, 2014	33.2%
Dec 31, 2015	7.5%
Dec 31, 2016	0.6%
Dec 31, 2017	6.4%
Dec 31, 2018	17.3%
Dec 31, 2019	21.5%
Dec 31, 2020	19.8%
Dec 31, 2021	23.6%
Dec 31, 2022	34.4%
Dec 31, 2023	31.1%
Dec 31, 2024	29.0%
Dec 31, 2025	22.7%

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