Investment share of GDP in Kuwait

Investment in Kuwait was equal to 15.1% of GDP in 2024.

Kuwait, 2024 15.1% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −2.7percentage points 2023: 17.8%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 148th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP in Kuwait over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period KuwaitWorld
2024 15.1% 26.3%
2023 17.8% 26.7%
2022 16.5% 27.5%
2021 14.5% 27.2%
2020 18.7% 26.5%
2019 23.0% 26.6%
2018 25.5% 26.7%
2017 27.7% 26.1%
2016 30.0% 25.7%
2015 25.4% 25.9%
2014 16.3% 25.9%
2013 14.4% 25.6%
2012 12.8% 25.5%
2011 13.5% 25.3%
2010 17.7% 24.6%
2009 18.0% 23.4%
2008 17.6% 25.5%
2007 20.5% 25.5%
2006 16.2% 25.0%
2005 16.4% 24.5%
2004 18.2% 24.1%
2003 16.6% 23.4%
2002 17.1% 23.3%
2001 14.3% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 17.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.3%, the figure has changed by −1.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Kuwait has the 148th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1965 to 2024 for Kuwait
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices