Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Kuwait
The GDP deflator for Kuwait changed by -5.0% in 2025.
Kuwait, 2025
-5.0%
Change from 2024
−3.5percentage points
World, 2025
3.3%
Position in 2025
184th of 186
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Kuwait over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -5.0% | 3.3% |
| 2024 | -1.5% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | -8.0% | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 29.4% | 4.6% |
| 2020 | -16.5% | 2.0% |
| 2019 | -0.1% | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | 3.0% |
| 2016 | -6.8% | 2.0% |
| 2015 | -26.0% | 2.3% |
| 2014 | -6.8% | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 17.2% | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 11.1% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | -17.2% | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 18.7% | 7.9% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | 5.9% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | 5.8% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 5.1% | 3.6% |
| 2001 | -7.7% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.5 percentage points from -1.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -26.0%, the figure has changed by +21.0 percentage points.
- Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Kuwait has the 184th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.3%.