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Kuwait
Holder of some of the world's largest oil reserves and sovereign assets, opening infrastructure and development projects to private capital.
Population
≈4.9 million (2024)
GDP (nominal)
≈US$160 billion (2024)
Real growth
−2.6% (2024); recovery from 2025
Capital
Kuwait City
Currency
Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Economy & outlook
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Kuwait
Oil dominates output and exports, backed by one of the world's largest sovereign funds (KIA); the non-oil economy centers on trade, real estate and finance.
Vision 2035 and a renewed PPP pipeline are opening infrastructure — ports, power, housing and the northern economic zone — to private and foreign capital.
Focus sectors
Oil & downstream · infrastructure · logistics (Vision 2035)
Global rankings
- #36 of 69 — IMD World Competitiveness Ranking (2025)
- #73 — Global Innovation Index, WIPO (2025)
- A+ — S&P sovereign credit rating (2025)
Rankings as published by each institution; positions change annually — verify before formal use.
Sources: World Bank · IMF · KDIPA
