Kuwait Imports

Current and historical imports data for Kuwait, including latest value (38.35), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Kuwait
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+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: 1965–2023 19652023
1965 2023
Selected year: 2023 · Value: n/a 2023

Kuwait · imports of goods and services as a percentage of gdp.

1965–2023
38.35 percent of GDP
30.47 percent of GDP
39.41 percent of GDP
39 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1965 1976 1987 1998 2009 2020 2023
imports rate reference line

Countries by imports

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Hong Kong 177.72 high
Luxembourg 159.73 high
Singapore 143.6 high
Ireland 102.19 high
United Arab Emirates 92.2 high
Slovakia 85.73 medium
Vietnam 83.71 medium
Belgium 79.66 medium

Interpretation

short note

This trade indicator helps assess the openness and external orientation of an economy.

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

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Comparison

latest

Related indicators

internal links
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:36:43+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 Imports: 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 Imports 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 imports rate, imports data kuwait, kuwait imports statistics, kuwait percent of gdp.