PAINTMAPS.comGeneral Information for Kuwait | ||
| What is the capital city of Kuwait ? | Kuwait |  |
| What is the total area of Kuwait ? (km2) | 17.818 | |
| What is the population in Kuwait ? (2020) | 4.270.571 | |
| What is the median age in Kuwait ? | 37 | |
| What is the iso country code for Kuwait ? (2lt) | KW | |
| What is the iso country code for Kuwait ? (3lt) | KWT | |
| What continent is Kuwait in ? | Asia | |
| What currency is used in Kuwait ? | Kuwaiti Dinar | |
| What is the currency code for Kuwait ? | KWD | |
| What is the tel code for Kuwait ? | +965 | |
| What language use in Kuwait ? | Arabic | |
| What is the language code for Arabic ? | AR | |
| What is the internet TLD code for Kuwait ? | .kw | |
| Where is the highest place in Kuwait ? | Mutla Ridge (306 m.) | |
| Where is the lowest place in Kuwait ? | Persian Gulf (0 m.) | |
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Worldbank Country Statistics for Kuwait | |
 Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,165 |
| Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,994 |
| Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,675 |
| Primary education, duration (years) | 5 |
| Primary school starting age (years) | 6 |
| Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) | 331,8 |
| Cost to import, border compliance (US$) | 633,7 |
| Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) | 72 |
| Time to export, border compliance (hours) | 84 |
| Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$) | 227 |
| Cost to export, border compliance (US$) | 665 |
| Time required to get electricity (days) | 49 |
| Public credit registry coverage (% of adults) | 16,8 |
| Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults) | 31,6 |
| Depth of credit information index (0=low to 8=high) | 8 |
| Ease of doing business index (1=most business-friendly regulations) | 83 |
| Business extent of disclosure index (0=less disclosure to 10=more disclosure) | 5 |
| Distance to frontier score (0=lowest performance to 100=frontier) | 67,4047 |
| Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) | 12,2 |
| Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) | 13,2815 |
| Imports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 64.545.000.000 |
| Service imports (BoP, current US$) | 30.811.200.000 |
| Goods imports (BoP, current US$) | 29.440.500.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) | 5,22457 |
| Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 60.251.700.000 |
| Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) | 4.293.270.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) | 16,1706 |
| Trade in services (% of GDP) | 28,8015 |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | 4,62 |
| Secondary education, duration (years) | 7 |
| Lower secondary school starting age (years) | 11 |
| Procedures to build a warehouse (number) | 19 |
| Time required to build a warehouse (days) | 103 |
| Total tax rate (% of commercial profits) | 13 |
| Profit tax (% of commercial profits) | 0 |
| Tax payments (number) | 12 |
| Other taxes payable by businesses (% of commercial profits) | 0 |
| Labor tax and contributions (% of commercial profits) | 13 |
| Time to prepare and pay taxes (hours) | 98 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, male (number) | 5 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business, female (number) | 6 |
| Start-up procedures to register a business (number) | 5 |
| Time required to start a business, male (days) | 19 |
| Time required to start a business, female (days) | 20 |
| Time required to start a business (days) | 19,4 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita) | 0 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) | 1,7 |
| Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita) | 1,7 |
| Procedures to register property (number) | 7 |
| Time required to register property (days) | 17 |
| Time required to enforce a contract (days) | 566 |
| Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong) | 1 |
| Time to resolve insolvency (years) | 4,2 |
| Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) | 96 |
| Time to import, border compliance (hours) | 72 |
| Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 14,367 |
| Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 8,507 |
| Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) | 34,103 |
| Labor force, total | 2.435.420 |
| Labor force, female (% of total labor force) | 28,7905 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 73,823 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 85,27 |
| Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 67,2358 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) | 57,332 |
| Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 74,8 |
| Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 86,013 |
| Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) | 58,715 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 28,748 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 39,904 |
| Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 14,806 |
| Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,398 |
| Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 62,067 |
| Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 95,39 |
| Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 25,369 |
| Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 34,717 |
| Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 4,565 |
| GDP per person employed (constant 2011 PPP $) | 119.561 |
| Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,013 |
| Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,011 |
| Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,016 |
| Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 98,266 |
| Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 97,761 |
| Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 99,388 |
| Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,06 |
| Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,522 |
| Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,032 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 72,224 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 84,423 |
| Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 54,652 |
| Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 1,734 |
| Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,239 |
| Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,612 |
| Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,674 |
| Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,717 |
| Employers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,579 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 24,618 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 36,509 |
| Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) | 9,757 |
| Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 2,233 |
| Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 3,217 |
| Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) | 0,044 |
| Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) | 3,12582 |
| S&P Global Equity Indices (annual % change) | 26,8704 |
| Personal remittances, received (% of GDP) | 0,0192593 |
| Personal remittances, received (current US$) | 25.954.100 |
| Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 5.352.240 |
| Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 168.447.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) | 0,501088 |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) | 675.272.000 |
| Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) | 8,74207 |
| Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) | 14,4266 |
| Exports of goods, services and primary income (BoP, current US$) | 114.111.000.000 |
| Service exports (BoP, current US$) | 8.002.000.000 |
| Goods exports (BoP, current US$) | 64.799.000.000 |
| Insurance and financial services (% of service exports, BoP) | 14,9047 |
| Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 72.801.000.000 |
| Primary income receipts (BoP, current US$) | 41.309.800.000 |
| Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) | 6,95104 |
| Net capital account (BoP, current US$) | 1.089.590.000 |
| Net secondary income (BoP, current US$) | -15.777.300.000 |
| Reserves and related items (BoP, current US$) | 2.756.580.000 |
| Portfolio investment, net (BoP, current US$) | 41.526.400.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net (BoP, current US$) | -3.161.750.000 |
| Net errors and omissions (BoP, current US$) | -4.452.690.000 |
| Net trade in goods (BoP, current US$) | 35.358.500.000 |
| Net trade in goods and services (BoP, current US$) | 12.549.300.000 |
| Net primary income (BoP, current US$) | 37.016.500.000 |
| Net financial account (BoP, current US$) | 30.425.400.000 |
| Current account balance (% of GDP) | 25,0729 |
| Current account balance (BoP, current US$) | 33.788.500.000 |
| Personal remittances, paid (current US$) | 14.782.000.000 |
| Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$) | 14.941.400.000 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (% of GDP) | -1,8451 |
| Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) | -2.486.470.000 |
| Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) | 55,6013 |