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Kuwait KW

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income · capital Kuwait City

Population
4,865,298
2025
GDP
$157.2 billion
2025
Life expectancy
84.6 y
2024

In the live services

corpusrows for this country
legal1
defense3

Geospatial extent

Bounding box 46.53°–48.43° E, 28.53°–30.10° N · centroid 29.32, 47.48 · source natural-earth-1:110m

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Extent only; no cadastre or address data.

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Top research institutions

OpenAlex works counts; not a quality ranking.

Legal system

mixed system consisting of English common law, French civil law, and Islamic sharia law

CIA World Factbook (factbook.json)

Measured indicators

indicatorvalueyearsource
account_ownership74.52024World Bank FX.OWN.TOTL.ZS
Account ownership (% age 15+)74.52024World Bank
Agricultural land (% of land)8.42024World Bank
air_freight331.22023World Bank IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1
Air passengers carried9,499,895.02023World Bank
airline_routes_departures120.02026OpenFlights route database
airports_openflights3.02026OpenFlights airport database
airports_total68,356.02023World Bank IS.AIR.DPRT
armed_forces_pct1.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
armed_forces_personnel25,000.02020World Bank MS.MIL.TOTL.P1
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV)311,000,000.02025World Bank
arrivals2,161,000.02020World Bank ST.INT.ARVL
atm_per_100k58.02024World Bank FB.ATM.TOTL.P5
bachelors_attainment_pct11.12018World Bank SE.TER.CUAT.BA.ZS
bank_branches_p510.12024World Bank FB.CBK.BRCH.P5
bank_capital_ratio_pct11.42025World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
bank_capital_to_assets_pct11.42025World Bank FB.BNK.CAPA.ZS
basic_water_pct100.02024World Bank
broad_money_growth3.62025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.ZG
broad_money_pct87.42025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
broad_money_pct_gdp87.42025World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.GD.ZS
budget_total_musd79,994.02025Kuwait Ministry of Finance Budget 2025/2026
cereal_tonnes35,266.02024World Bank AG.PRD.CREL.MT
che_gdp_pct5.02023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHEGDP_SHA2011
che_per_capita_usd1,679.12023WHO Global Health Observatory GHED_CHE_pc_US_SHA2011
child_stunting_pct3.22023World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
claims_on_central_gov-16.92025World Bank FS.AST.CGOV.GD.ZS
clean_fuels_cooking100.02024World Bank EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS
Clinical trials involving this country (ClinicalTrials.gov)220.02026ClinicalTrials.gov v2 (country from trial locations)
container_port_traffic863,618.02020World Bank IS.SHP.GOOD.TU
container_traffic_teu10.22021World Bank IS.SHP.GCNW.XQ
cpi151.72025World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL
crime_unodc_cts_assault686.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_assault_rate25.92009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Assault.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_domestic_burglary256.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_burglary_cts_2011_domestic_burglary_rate9.72009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Burglary.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping358.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_kidnapping_rate13.52009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Kidnapping.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery657.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_robbery_rate24.82009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Robbery.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape119.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_rape_rate4.52009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_sexual_violence509.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_sexual_violence_cts_2011_sexual_violence_rate19.22009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Sexual_violence.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft8,129.02009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_cts_theft_rate307.22009https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime/CTS12_Theft.xls
crime_unodc_intentional_homicide_victims2.62012https://data.humdata.org/dataset/dcfea0b9-3f1d-47d8-b118-5207bc6149b5/resource/da23d592-5bc9-4068-aaaf-844cf914faca/download/homicide_report_total_and_sex.xlsx
crop_production_idx92.02024World Bank AG.PRD.CROP.XD
cts_assault_count686.02009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_assault_rate24.52009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_count36.02022UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_homicide_rate0.82022UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_count657.02009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_robbery_rate23.52009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_count119.02009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
cts_sexual_violence_rate4.32009UNODC Crime Trends Survey (CTS) member-state responses, data.unodc.org bulk download (keyless)
Ease of doing business rank (archived DB2020)83.02020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
Ease of doing business score (archived DB2020)67.42020World Bank Doing Business archive (DB2020 revised, project discontinued 2021)
defense_spend_usd8,088,284,947.02025World Bank MS.MIL.XPND.CD
dentists_per_10k67.12022WHO Global Health Observatory HWF_0006
deposit_rate2.62025World Bank FR.INR.DPST
deposit_rate_pct2.62025World Bank FR.INR.DPST
Emigrants living abroad (UN DESA 2020)82,657.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
International migrant stock (UN DESA 2020)1,046,729.02020UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2020 (bulk xlsx)
domestic_credit_private_pct4.92025World Bank FS.AST.PRVT.GD.ZS
dpt_immun_pct99.02024World Bank SH.IMM.IDPT
edu_spend_per_student_primary14.42014World Bank SE.XPD.PRIM.PC.ZS
edu_spend_per_student_secondary17.32014World Bank SE.XPD.SECO.PC.ZS
education_spend_pct_gdp6.42024World Bank World Development Indicators (2026)
Access to electricity (%)100.02024World Bank
electricity_access_rural100.02024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.RU.ZS
electricity_access_urban100.02024World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.UR.ZS
electricity_capacity_gw20.32024Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_consumption_pc16,626.02024World Bank EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC
electricity_emissions_mtco2e56.82025Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_clean_twh2.12025Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_demand_twh89.52025Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_fossil_twh87.42025Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_hydro,_bioenergy_and_other_renewables_twh0.02025Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
electricity_generation_renewables_twh2.12025Ember yearly electricity data (2026)
showing 80 of 60,375 measured series — full list: CSV · JSON

Language

English canonical body. 287 name labels held (Wikidata). Missing languages are absent, not machine-translated.

Lane coverage

Measured, not promised
lanestatus what exists
patents · serviceYELLOW · partialpatent application counts (residents + non-residents) from the World Bank/WIPO series; patent documents are not ingested source
legal · serviceYELLOW · partial1 primary-law documents, 0 with full text mirrored (newest 1992); corpus covers this jurisdiction's official texts, not every instrument ever made source
alerts · serviceGREEN · ingested0 alerts in current GDACS/USGS window (measured, not an all-clear). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full current GDACS (125) + USGS (284) window (409 alert rows) with per-record metadata. Kept green. source
defense · serviceGREEN · ingestedmilitary expenditure (% of GDP), SIPRI series via World Bank; not procurement, capabilities or intent source
space · serviceYELLOW · partialno orbital launch site in this country in the GCAT launch log (1942-2026) source
maps · serviceGREEN · ingestedNatural Earth 1:10m boundary + centroid + bbox area computed (3.0 deg2); no cadastre, address data or navigation map. GADM L0 fallback: ok (gadm41_KWT_0.json). | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — Natural Earth 1:10m boundary + GADM L0 fallback for every mapped country; complete geodata record set. Kept green. source
passport · serviceGLOBAL · service livepass.go-v.org is live; per-country identity documents are NOT ingested source
research · serviceGREEN · ingested29,323 scholarly works since 2021 with authoring institutions here (OpenAlex); a publication index, not a quality ranking source
economy · serviceGREEN · ingestedGDP per capita, current US$ (World Bank); not a cost-of-living or inequality measure source
health · serviceGREEN · ingestedlife expectancy at birth, World Bank; not a health system performance rating source
education · serviceYELLOW · partialprimary school enrolment (% gross), World Bank; tertiary data is shown when available source
energy · serviceGREEN · ingestedaccess to electricity (% of population), World Bank source
water · serviceYELLOW · partialat least basic drinking water (% of population), World Bank/WHO; safely managed data shown when available source
connectivity · serviceYELLOW · partialfixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, World Bank/ITU; internet-user share shown when available source
crimeGREEN · ingestedstale data (2020) intentional homicides per 100,000 people (UNODC series via World Bank); recorded homicides only source
conflictYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UCDP/GDELT event corpus. source
businessYELLOW · partialnewly registered limited-liability companies (World Bank/IC.BUS.NREG); not a company register source
scienceGREEN · ingestedOpenAlex institutions snapshot 2026-10: 41 institutions, works counted per country; CC0 1.0. source
prisonYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full World Prison Brief prison corpus. source
interpolYELLOW · partial1 public Interpol Red Notice(s) in the 2026-11-08T00:47:49Z snapshot list a national of this country. Not a crime rate; Interpol controls/withdraws notices and the unfiltered public API is capped, so the set is incomplete. source
armsYELLOW · partialSIPRI arms-transfer trend indicator values (imports and exports) via the World Bank; TIV is a trend measure, not currency source
sanctionsGREEN · ingestedOFAC SDN 12 + UN consolidated 11 + EU 12 designation reference(s), snapshot 2026-10-26; counts are list references (text/code attribution), not convictions or proof of activity; 0 is a measured zero against these three ingested lists | 2026-10-29 audit: VERIFIED COMPLETE — full OFAC SDN (19,471), UN consolidated (1,001) and EU (11,154) designation lists with per-record metadata (snapshot 2026-10-26). Kept green. source
agricultureGREEN · ingestedagricultural land (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
foodYELLOW · partialprevalence of undernourishment (%), World Bank/FAO; a modelled estimate, not a survey of every household source
laborYELLOW · partialunemployment (% of labour force), ILO modelled estimate via World Bank source
financeYELLOW · partialaccount ownership (% age 15+), World Bank Findex source
environmentGREEN · ingestedforest area (% of land area), World Bank/FAO source
tradeGREEN · ingestedtrade (% of GDP), World Bank source
migrationYELLOW · partialnet migration (5-year estimate), World Bank/UN source
tourismYELLOW · partialinternational tourist arrivals, World Bank/UNWTO source
housingYELLOW · partialurban population (% of total), World Bank; not a housing-cost or tenure measure source
transportYELLOW · partialair passengers carried, World Bank/ICAO; one mode only source
investmentYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full FDI/investment corpus. source
remittancesYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WB/IMF remittance corpus. source
health_financeYELLOW · partialstale data (2023) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full WHO GHED health-finance corpus. source
budgetYELLOW · partialstale data (2015) 2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full national budget/tender corpus. source
treatyYELLOW · partial2026-10-29 audit: demoted green->yellow (SERIES_ONLY). 0 of 1 text corpus (0%); 1 numeric series/indicator(s) only. Missing: full UNTC treaty-text corpus. source

Related in this region

Afghanistan Algeria Bahrain Djibouti Egypt, Arab Rep. Iran, Islamic Rep. Iraq Israel

Backlinks

Department pages with measured records for Kuwait:

patents legal alerts defense space maps research economy health education energy water connectivity crime conflict business science prison interpol arms sanctions agriculture food labor finance environment trade migration tourism housing transport investment remittances health_finance budget treaty

patents recipes legal alerts defense space passport research

estate.json .well-known alias

Cite this page

Kuwait (KW). go-v.org estate, https://estate.116.202.234.183.nip.io/kw. Data: World Bank Open Data, OpenAlex, WIPO, Natural Earth, OpenStreetMap. Accessed 2026-11-08.