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Kuwait - GDP per Capita 1979

Name: Kuwait GDP per Capita 1979
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GDP divided by midyear population · World Bank

$17,386 +$5,819 from 1978 Global rank: 8th

Kuwait's gdp per capita was $17,386 in 1979, increased +$5,819 from $11,567 in 1978. This was the 8th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

GDP per Capita by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	$44,990	19.6%
2nd	United Arab Emirates	$34,238	16.5%
3rd	Brunei Darussalam	$33,501	42.9%
4th	Qatar	$21,777	30.0%
5th	Liechtenstein	$19,674	12.7%
6th	Saudi Arabia	$19,612	31.5%
7th	Switzerland	$18,266	12.2%
8th	Kuwait	$17,386	50.3%
9th	Luxembourg	$15,204	16.6%
10th	Sweden	$14,856	17.9%
11th	Denmark	$13,757	16.4%
12th	Iceland	$13,082	12.5%
13th	Norway	$13,047	13.8%
14th	Netherlands	$12,817	14.5%
15th	Andorra	$11,996	27.5%
16th	Belgium	$11,811	14.8%
17th	United States	$11,674	10.5%
18th	Germany	$11,322	19.0%
19th	France	$11,063	20.7%
20th	Faroe Islands	$10,549	11.3%
21st	Canada	$10,078	10.1%
22nd	Austria	$9,755	19.4%
23rd	Bermuda	$9,664	8.5%
24th	Libya	$9,443	30.2%
25th	Finland	$9,333	22.3%
26th	Australia	$9,308	12.6%
27th	Japan	$9,301	3.2%
28th	Greenland	$8,481	17.2%
29th	French Polynesia	$8,016	17.0%
30th	Bahrain	$7,891	13.9%
31st	United Kingdom	$7,805	30.6%
32nd	European Union	$7,289	20.3%
33rd	New Caledonia	$7,070	22.3%
34th	Italy	$7,006	24.6%
35th	New Zealand	$6,668	12.3%
36th	Israel	$5,972	24.5%
37th	Nauru	$5,950	4.0%
38th	Spain	$5,766	32.5%
39th	Greece	$5,627	21.5%
40th	Ireland	$5,430	23.4%
41st	Bahamas, The	$4,994	34.2%
42nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	$4,569	16.5%
43rd	Trinidad and Tobago	$4,155	27.5%
44th	Gabon	$4,155	23.7%
45th	Puerto Rico (US)	$4,025	12.8%
46th	Oman	$3,934	29.2%
47th	Singapore	$3,901	22.1%
48th	Malta	$3,196	24.9%
49th	Iraq	$2,871	54.1%
50th	Portugal	$2,756	12.1%
51st	Barbados	$2,668	21.4%
52nd	Cyprus	$2,559	32.6%
53rd	Argentina	$2,512	-23.5%
54th	Uruguay	$2,443	45.5%
55th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	$2,352	12.0%
56th	South Africa	$2,202	18.9%
57th	Palau	$2,189	11.0%
58th	Suriname	$2,072	7.5%
59th	Mexico	$2,049	27.7%
60th	Seychelles	$2,030	47.5%
61st	Türkiye	$2,013	33.3%
62nd	Cuba	$2,006	9.2%
63rd	Chile	$1,962	33.9%
64th	Panama	$1,938	11.5%
65th	Brazil	$1,870	7.9%
66th	Hungary	$1,865	15.3%
67th	Algeria	$1,843	22.4%
68th	Korea	$1,814	26.9%
69th	Guinea	$1,790	8.0%
70th	Ecuador	$1,783	15.7%
71st	Costa Rica	$1,735	11.5%
72nd	Antigua and Barbuda	$1,705	24.0%
73rd	Malaysia	$1,680	26.6%
74th	Fiji	$1,627	20.1%
75th	Jordan	$1,519	21.6%
76th	St. Kitts and Nevis	$1,367	19.5%
77th	Mauritius	$1,292	17.2%
78th	Côte d'Ivoire	$1,157	11.3%
79th	Paraguay	$1,149	30.1%
80th	Syrian Arab Republic	$1,146	3.5%
81st	Jamaica	$1,144	-9.4%
82nd	Tunisia	$1,113	17.7%
83rd	Colombia	$1,095	17.4%
84th	Belize	$1,071	9.0%
85th	Grenada	$1,071	16.8%
86th	Vanuatu	$1,055	-
87th	Guatemala	$1,026	10.9%
88th	Dominican Republic	$984	13.3%
89th	Peru	$942	24.6%
90th	Botswana	$909	30.8%
91st	Marshall Islands	$859	11.4%
92nd	Morocco	$835	17.1%
93rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	$803	8.9%
94th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	$785	15.0%
95th	Zimbabwe	$779	17.1%
96th	El Salvador	$773	8.6%
97th	Honduras	$769	12.6%
98th	Dominica	$754	-4.0%
99th	Samoa	$751	11.9%
100th	Papua New Guinea	$748	15.3%
101st	Cameroon	$718	23.4%
102nd	Senegal	$716	21.6%
103rd	Eswatini	$714	17.0%
104th	Guyana	$689	3.9%
105th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	$687	16.1%
106th	São Tomé and Principe	$683	16.4%
107th	Congo, Republic of	$670	33.3%
108th	Philippines	$667	18.0%
109th	Mauritania	$664	15.0%
110th	Nigeria	$661	25.5%
111th	Solomon Islands	$658	31.6%
112th	Thailand	$612	11.6%
113th	Zambia	$595	15.8%
114th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	$582	-5.4%
115th	Kiribati	$573	-6.2%
116th	Tuvalu	$566	3.6%
117th	Tanzania	$542	2.4%
118th	Nicaragua	$495	-28.3%
119th	Tonga	$458	7.1%
120th	Togo	$443	5.5%
121st	Liberia	$435	10.2%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	$421	18.7%
123rd	Sudan	$409	-0.3%
124th	Kenya	$403	13.5%
125th	Madagascar	$396	25.8%
126th	Guinea-Bissau	$376	-6.7%
127th	Niger	$354	15.4%
128th	Indonesia	$353	-2.5%
129th	Ghana	$347	6.5%
130th	Sierra Leone	$346	13.2%
131st	Benin	$311	24.4%
132nd	Gambia, The	$300	16.6%
133rd	Central African Republic	$289	13.5%
134th	Burkina Faso	$259	15.5%
135th	Bhutan	$251	8.3%
136th	Pakistan	$249	6.8%
137th	Maldives	$240	53.9%
138th	Sri Lanka	$231	20.8%
139th	India	$228	8.9%
140th	Chad	$223	-11.7%
141st	Mali	$216	27.9%
142nd	Rwanda	$214	18.8%
143rd	Lesotho	$212	5.7%
144th	Haiti	$196	8.8%
145th	Burundi	$186	25.1%
146th	China	$184	17.6%
147th	Bangladesh	$181	14.4%
148th	Uganda	$165	-13.7%
149th	Cambodia	$142	-3.3%
150th	Nepal	$122	12.7%
151st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	$108	-7.7%
152nd	Myanmar	$29	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Kuwait's gdp per capita in 1979?▾

Kuwait's gdp per capita in 1979 was $17,386. This ranked 8th globally.

How did Kuwait's gdp per capita change in 1979?▾

Kuwait's gdp per capita increased by 50.3% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 1979?▾

Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 1979 at $44,990.

What is the gdp per capita of Kuwait in 1979?▾

The gdp per capita of Kuwait in 1979 was $17,386. This ranked 8th globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Kuwait's gdp per capita?▾

Kuwait's gdp per capita went from $11,567 in 1978 to $17,386 in 1979, a 50.3% increase.

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