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Government Expense / Kuwait
Public Finance

Kuwait Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Kuwait, including latest value (34.55), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Kuwait
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Kuwait · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
66 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 18.3 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 15.1 / 20
External stability 5 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 2.8 / 10
Future capacity 7 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.4 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1972–2006 1972– 2006
1972 2006
Selected year: 2006 · Value: n/a 2006

Kuwait · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1972–2006
34.55 percent of GDP
28.51 percent of GDP
39.39 percent of GDP
24 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1980 1986 1992 1998 2006
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Saudi Arabia 24.22
United Arab Emirates 3.77
Bahrain 26.11
United States 24.9
Germany 31.17

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+02:00

Kuwait Snapshot

country profile
Population 4.9 m
GDP 160.23 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 2.9%
Unemployment 2.18%
Currency n/a
Region Middle East
Income group High income

Kuwait Government Expense: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Expense for Kuwait. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: kuwait government expense rate, government expense data kuwait, kuwait government expense statistics, kuwait percent of gdp.