Kuwait Tax Revenue

Current and historical tax revenue data for Kuwait, including latest value (1.49), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Kuwait
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:10:41+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: 1972–1998 19721998
1972 1998
Selected year: 1998 · Value: n/a 1998

Kuwait · tax revenue as a percentage of gdp.

1972–1998
1.49 percent of GDP
1.17 percent of GDP
1.04 percent of GDP
66 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1972 1979 1984 1989 1994 1998
tax revenue rate reference line

Countries by tax revenue

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Denmark 33.36 high
New Zealand 29.67 high
Luxembourg 28.64 high
Greece 27.38 high
Sweden 27.28 high
United Kingdom 26.96 medium
Austria 25.78 medium
Italy 25.63 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

Related indicators

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

Source layer

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

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:10:41+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 Tax Revenue: 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 Tax Revenue 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 tax revenue rate, tax revenue data kuwait, kuwait tax revenue statistics, kuwait percent of gdp.