Trade as a share of GDP in Kuwait
Trade in goods and services was equal to 94.0% of GDP in Kuwait in 2024.
Kuwait, 2024
94.0%
Change from 2023
−2.0percentage points
World, 2024
56.7%
Position in 2024
69th of 172
Trade as a share of GDP in Kuwait over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 68.5% |
| 2024 | 94.0% | 56.7% |
| 2023 | 96.0% | 58.1% |
| 2022 | 90.9% | 62.1% |
| 2021 | 82.0% | 56.5% |
| 2020 | 82.0% | 51.9% |
| 2019 | 91.7% | 55.8% |
| 2018 | 102.8% | 57.0% |
| 2017 | 97.8% | 55.5% |
| 2016 | 96.2% | 53.8% |
| 2015 | 98.7% | 55.6% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | 58.0% |
| 2013 | 97.6% | 58.6% |
| 2012 | 101.0% | 59.3% |
| 2011 | 99.1% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | 56.2% |
| 2009 | 88.8% | 51.9% |
| 2008 | 92.7% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | 91.7% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | 89.7% | 58.4% |
| 2005 | 92.2% | 56.2% |
| 2004 | 89.3% | 54.2% |
| 2003 | 86.6% | 50.7% |
| 2002 | 81.2% | 49.0% |
| 2001 | 86.9% | 49.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.0 percentage points from 96.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by −6.0 percentage points.
- Among the 172 countries with data for 2024, Kuwait has the 69th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 56.7%.