CapitalKuwait
CurrencyDinar Kuwati
Density 211.4387 person / Km22
Area 17818 km2
National Day25th Feb
Establishment of the General Authority for Statistics1963
State of Kuwait Profile
  • Reference date Current value Pervious value %
    Population (No)2014 3,448,139.0 3,767,415.0 9.3%
    Population Natural Increase Rate in GCC Countries(000 from population) (000 from population)2014 16.5 15.5 -6.1%
    Child Dependency Ratio for Total Population in GCC Countries (%)2014 29.7 29.4 -1.0%
    Percentage of population among the GCC countries (%)2014 7.1 7.5 6.0%
    Male ratio from total population (%)2014 56.1 55.7 -0.7%
    Femal ratio from total population (%)2014 43.9 44.3 0.9%
    Gender ratio (males per 100 females) (%)2014 128.0 125.5 -2.0%
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    Births (No)2014 59,426.0 61,313.0 3.2%
    Deaths (No)2014 5,909.0 6,031.0 2.1%
    Life expectancy at birth (%)----
    Marriages (No)2014 15,118.0 15,086.0 -0.2%
    Divorce Cases (No)2014 6,904.0 7,327.0 6.1%
    Marriage for each divorce case (%)2014 2.2 2.1 -6.0%
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    Total Labour Force (000)2014 1,800.0 2,032.6 12.9%
    Total Citizens Labour Force (000)2014 350.2 342.2 -2.3%
    Labour Force Participation Rate (%)2014 67.2 71.7 6.7%
    Citizen Labour Force Participation Rate (%)2014 48.1 45.7 -5.0%
    Percentage of Citizens in Labour Force from the Total Labour Force (%)2014 19.5 16.8 -13.8%
    Total working Age Population (000)2014 2,679.0 2,834.0 5.8%
    Total Citizens Working Age Population (000)2014 728.2 748.6 2.8%
    Total employed (000)2014 1,735.3 1,974.5 13.8%
    Total Citizens Employed (000)2014 325.6 325.1 -0.2%
    Total Unemployed (000)2014 64.7 58.1 -10.2%
    Total Citizens Unemployed (000)2014 24.6 17.1 -30.5%
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    School Teachers (Gov. and privates) (No)2014 65,673.0 66,660.0 1.5%
    School Students (Gov. and Private) (No)2014 695,938.0 610,008.0 -12.3%
    Literacy rate (%)2014 99.2 99.3 0.1%
    Institutions of higher education (No)2014 55.0 55.0 0.0%
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    Physician per 10,000 of the population (No)2014 2.6 2.6 0.0%
    Dentists per 10,000 of the population (No)2014 6.4 6.4 0.0%
    Nursing staff (No) (No)2014 63.5 62.9 -0.9%
    Hospitals (No)2014 30.0 32.0 6.7%
    average length of patient stay in hospital (No)2014 6.0 6.2 3.3%
    Hospital Beds (No)2014 8,120.0 8,020.0 -1.2%
    Hospital beds per 10,000 of the population (No)2014 22.9 21.3 -7.0%
    Bed occupancy rate (%)2014 61.1 62.1 1.6%
    Infectious diseases reported (No)2014 7,583.0 7,128.0 -6.0%
    daily average of outpatient visits (No)2014 8,859.0 8,767.0 -1.0%
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    Government Revenue (Mn USD)2014 112,356.0 102,159.0 -9.1%
    Government Expenditures (Mn USD)2014 67,018.0 69,770.6 4.1%
    Surplus or deficit in the government budget (Mn USD)2014 45,338.0 32,388.4 -28.6%
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    General index of financial markets (Mn USD)2014 7,550.0 6,536.0 -13.4%
    Money supply (Mn KWD)2014 8,985.0 9,464.0 5.3%
    Money supply (M1) (Mn KWD)2014 39,340.0 41,543.0 5.6%
    bank deposits (Mn KWD)2014 1,481.0 1,493.0 0.8%
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    Oil Production (000' B/D)2014 2,921.6 2,866.8 -1.9%
    Crude Natural Gas (Mn Cu feet /D)2014 1,579.0 1,454.9 -7.9%
    Electricity Production (Mn K.WِATT)2014 60,982 65,137.2 6.8%
    Water Production (B Gal)2014 131.0 130.5 -0.4%
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    Inflation Exclude housing( base year = 2007) (%)2015 2.3 2.2 -
    CPI exclude housing (base year = 2007) (Index)2015 132.9 135.75 -
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    GNI (Mn USD)2014 188,004.9 178,434.0 -5.1%
    GDP in Current Price (Mn USD)2014 174,180.0 163,675.6 -6.0%
    Growth rate at current prices (%)2014 0.0 (6.0)-
    Gross Domestic Product Per Capita (No)2014 50,514.2 43,445.1 -14.0%
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    Total Exports (Mn USD)2014 114,128.0 100,659.0 -11.8%
    Total Imports (Mn USD)2014 29,300.9 31,036.0 5.9%
    Rate of Non-oil exports in total exports (%)2014 4.5 4.5 0.4%
    Trade Balance (Mn USD)2014 84,827.1 69,623.0 -17.9%
    Total Trade (Mn USD)2014 143,428.9 131,695.0 -8.2%
    Intra Trade - Imports (Mn USD)2014 4,788.1 5,187.1 8.3%
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    Hotels (No)2014 93.0 86.0 -7.5%
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    Registered Vehicals (000)2014 1,748.4 1,837.4 5.1%
    Accidents (No)2014 89,527.0 99,047.0 10.6%
    Internet lines (000)2013 362.0 383.0 5.8%
    Fixed telephone lines (000)2014 500.0 484.0 -3.2%