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GDP growth rate in Kuwait

Latest: 2.7%
Previous: -1.5%
Change: +4.21 (+285.3%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

GDP growth rate 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 GDP growth rate in Kuwait
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	7.0%
Dec 31, 1972	3.9%
Dec 31, 1973	-6.6%
Dec 31, 1974	-13.0%
Dec 31, 1975	-12.3%
Dec 31, 1976	6.6%
Dec 31, 1977	-3.8%
Dec 31, 1978	7.4%
Dec 31, 1979	13.9%
Dec 31, 1980	-19.4%
Dec 31, 1981	-18.9%
Dec 31, 1982	-11.7%
Dec 31, 1983	7.9%
Dec 31, 1984	5.2%
Dec 31, 1985	-4.3%
Dec 31, 1986	8.6%
Dec 31, 1987	8.1%
Dec 31, 1988	-10.1%
Dec 31, 1989	25.9%
Dec 31, 1990	-26.2%
Dec 31, 1991	-41.0%
Dec 31, 1992	82.8%
Dec 31, 1993	34.0%
Dec 31, 1994	8.4%
Dec 31, 1995	4.9%
Dec 31, 1996	0.6%
Dec 31, 1997	2.5%
Dec 31, 1998	3.7%
Dec 31, 1999	-1.8%
Dec 31, 2000	4.7%
Dec 31, 2001	0.2%
Dec 31, 2002	3.0%
Dec 31, 2003	17.3%
Dec 31, 2004	10.2%
Dec 31, 2005	10.6%
Dec 31, 2006	7.5%
Dec 31, 2007	6.0%
Dec 31, 2008	2.5%
Dec 31, 2009	-7.1%
Dec 31, 2010	-2.4%
Dec 31, 2011	9.6%
Dec 31, 2012	6.6%
Dec 31, 2013	1.1%
Dec 31, 2014	0.5%
Dec 31, 2015	0.6%
Dec 31, 2016	2.9%
Dec 31, 2017	-4.7%
Dec 31, 2018	2.7%
Dec 31, 2019	2.3%
Dec 31, 2020	-4.8%
Dec 31, 2021	1.7%
Dec 31, 2022	6.8%
Dec 31, 2023	-1.6%
Dec 31, 2024	-1.5%
Dec 31, 2025	2.7%

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