Kuwait - GDP per Capita 2008
$55,585
+$8,046 from 2007
Kuwait's gdp per capita was $55,585 in 2008, increased +$8,046 from $45,709 in 2007. This was the 16th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2008▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $204,264 | 10.7% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $143,249 | 1.2% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | $120,422 | 11.1% |
| 4th | Bermuda | $110,269 | 2.7% |
| 5th | Norway | $97,504 | 14.3% |
| 6th | Cayman Islands | $89,655 | -0.3% |
| 7th | Qatar | $80,781 | 22.5% |
| 8th | San Marino | $75,902 | 4.0% |
| 9th | Switzerland | $74,175 | 13.4% |
| 10th | Isle of Man | $72,277 | 31.3% |
| 11th | Denmark | $64,617 | 9.9% |
| 12th | Ireland | $61,353 | 1.0% |
| 13th | Netherlands | $58,247 | 11.6% |
| 14th | Iceland | $57,489 | -19.5% |
| 15th | Sweden | $55,817 | 4.6% |
| 16th | Kuwait | $55,585 | 16.9% |
| 17th | Finland | $53,769 | 10.7% |
| 18th | Austria | $51,581 | 10.6% |
| 19th | Faroe Islands | $51,288 | 6.1% |
| 20th | United Arab Emirates | $50,054 | 8.6% |
| 21st | Australia | $49,811 | 10.2% |
| 22nd | Andorra | $49,132 | 1.6% |
| 23rd | United States | $48,570 | 1.3% |
| 24th | Belgium | $48,303 | 8.6% |
| 25th | United Kingdom | $47,652 | -5.5% |
| 26th | Canada | $46,710 | 4.5% |
| 27th | Germany | $46,379 | 7.8% |
| 28th | France | $45,465 | 8.9% |
| 29th | Greenland | $44,367 | 11.5% |
| 30th | Brunei Darussalam | $42,157 | 14.9% |
| 31st | Italy | $40,829 | 7.5% |
| 32nd | Singapore | $40,009 | 1.5% |
| 33rd | Japan | $39,876 | 11.2% |
| 34th | Virgin Islands (US) | $39,152 | -11.3% |
| 35th | Macao SAR, China | $38,889 | 13.5% |
| 36th | European Union | $37,169 | 10.3% |
| 37th | New Caledonia | $35,724 | 1.6% |
| 38th | Spain | $35,603 | 10.1% |
| 39th | Cyprus | $35,397 | 11.4% |
| 40th | Greece | $31,696 | 11.3% |
| 41st | Hong Kong SAR, China | $31,516 | 3.3% |
| 42nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | $31,454 | 6.8% |
| 43rd | New Zealand | $31,325 | -1.8% |
| 44th | Israel | $30,269 | 17.8% |
| 45th | Bahamas, The | $29,392 | -6.7% |
| 46th | Aruba | $28,172 | 14.5% |
| 47th | Guam | $28,112 | 5.7% |
| 48th | Slovenia | $27,462 | 15.3% |
| 49th | French Polynesia | $26,592 | 6.8% |
| 50th | Oman | $26,577 | 50.0% |
| 51st | Portugal | $24,949 | 9.4% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | $24,898 | 5.2% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | $23,299 | 6.9% |
| 54th | Czechia | $22,775 | 23.0% |
| 55th | Saudi Arabia | $22,320 | 16.3% |
| 56th | Malta | $22,315 | 13.5% |
| 57th | Korea | $22,252 | -11.3% |
| 58th | Trinidad and Tobago | $21,299 | 27.0% |
| 59th | Curaçao | $19,423 | 7.9% |
| 60th | Antigua and Barbuda | $18,787 | 3.2% |
| 61st | Slovak Republic | $18,744 | 30.4% |
| 62nd | Equatorial Guinea | $18,211 | 15.4% |
| 63rd | Estonia | $18,206 | 8.6% |
| 64th | Barbados | $17,566 | -8.0% |
| 65th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $16,605 | 12.4% |
| 66th | Northern Mariana Islands | $16,430 | 3.2% |
| 67th | Croatia | $15,888 | 15.5% |
| 68th | Hungary | $15,763 | 13.2% |
| 69th | Latvia | $15,678 | 17.5% |
| 70th | Lithuania | $14,956 | 21.5% |
| 71st | Poland | $14,049 | 24.6% |
| 72nd | Libya | $13,906 | 17.8% |
| 73rd | Russian Federation | $11,635 | 19.2% |
| 74th | Seychelles | $11,265 | -7.3% |
| 75th | Türkiye | $10,913 | 11.5% |
| 76th | Chile | $10,683 | 2.3% |
| 77th | Palau | $10,578 | 3.4% |
| 78th | Mexico | $10,524 | 4.6% |
| 79th | Romania | $10,435 | 26.1% |
| 80th | American Samoa | $10,031 | 8.7% |
| 81st | Gabon | $9,689 | 12.0% |
| 82nd | Uruguay | $9,424 | 23.6% |
| 83rd | Argentina | $8,944 | 22.3% |
| 84th | Brazil | $8,908 | 20.8% |
| 85th | St. Lucia | $8,517 | 7.4% |
| 86th | Malaysia | $8,372 | 11.9% |
| 87th | Mauritius | $8,141 | 22.2% |
| 88th | Kazakhstan | $8,124 | 20.0% |
| 89th | Grenada | $7,448 | 3.1% |
| 90th | Serbia | $7,377 | 20.7% |
| 91st | Montenegro | $7,360 | 23.1% |
| 92nd | Panama | $7,348 | 15.7% |
| 93rd | Bulgaria | $7,271 | 25.0% |
| 94th | Dominica | $6,971 | 17.4% |
| 95th | Costa Rica | $6,937 | 12.0% |
| 96th | Maldives | $6,757 | 10.3% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $6,599 | 0.5% |
| 98th | Suriname | $6,576 | 7.4% |
| 99th | Belarus | $6,376 | 30.2% |
| 100th | South Africa | $6,185 | -8.4% |
| 101st | Lebanon | $5,912 | 14.5% |
| 102nd | Belize | $5,712 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Azerbaijan | $5,574 | 46.2% |
| 104th | Colombia | $5,542 | 14.6% |
| 105th | Botswana | $5,503 | 2.4% |
| 106th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $5,377 | -10.6% |
| 107th | Algeria | $5,181 | 23.1% |
| 108th | Jamaica | $5,030 | 1.5% |
| 109th | North Macedonia | $5,026 | 19.6% |
| 110th | Dominican Republic | $5,024 | 4.6% |
| 111th | Cuba | $4,986 | 3.7% |
| 112th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,842 | 15.3% |
| 113th | Angola | $4,578 | 31.1% |
| 114th | Iraq | $4,543 | 47.0% |
| 115th | Albania | $4,499 | 25.1% |
| 116th | Paraguay | $4,385 | 35.9% |
| 117th | Thailand | $4,309 | 8.5% |
| 118th | Tunisia | $4,255 | 7.3% |
| 119th | Namibia | $4,205 | -3.4% |
| 120th | Peru | $4,198 | 15.5% |
| 121st | Ecuador | $4,195 | 18.7% |
| 122nd | Ukraine | $4,018 | 29.5% |
| 123rd | Guyana | $4,009 | 34.4% |
| 124th | Cabo Verde | $3,909 | 9.6% |
| 125th | Fiji | $3,900 | -11.5% |
| 126th | Armenia | $3,778 | 26.7% |
| 127th | Nauru | $3,757 | 52.6% |
| 128th | Turkmenistan | $3,606 | -24.7% |
| 129th | China | $3,523 | 28.9% |
| 130th | Samoa | $3,374 | 8.1% |
| 131st | Georgia | $3,325 | 23.1% |
| 132nd | Jordan | $3,242 | 16.9% |
| 133rd | Tonga | $3,218 | 10.2% |
| 134th | Morocco | $3,183 | 15.4% |
| 135th | Tuvalu | $3,088 | 7.7% |
| 136th | El Salvador | $2,983 | 5.4% |
| 137th | Eswatini | $2,947 | -11.9% |
| 138th | Kosovo | $2,877 | - |
| 139th | Congo, Republic of | $2,832 | 27.6% |
| 140th | Marshall Islands | $2,818 | -3.0% |
| 141st | Guatemala | $2,763 | 7.7% |
| 142nd | Vanuatu | $2,604 | 12.8% |
| 143rd | Syrian Arab Republic | $2,429 | 20.5% |
| 144th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $2,370 | -2.1% |
| 145th | Nigeria | $2,154 | -12.2% |
| 146th | Mongolia | $2,127 | 31.6% |
| 147th | Indonesia | $2,125 | 2.9% |
| 148th | Moldova | $2,111 | 38.3% |
| 149th | West Bank and Gaza | $2,035 | 30.2% |
| 150th | Sri Lanka | $1,974 | 2.3% |
| 151st | Philippines | $1,959 | 11.0% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | $1,920 | 21.4% |
| 153rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $1,896 | 1.8% |
| 154th | Honduras | $1,732 | 9.4% |
| 155th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $1,693 | 22.3% |
| 156th | South Sudan | $1,654 | - |
| 157th | Mauritania | $1,636 | 14.7% |
| 158th | Papua New Guinea | $1,625 | 3.1% |
| 159th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,584 | 11.4% |
| 160th | Sudan | $1,528 | -4.5% |
| 161st | Solomon Islands | $1,526 | 28.7% |
| 162nd | Nicaragua | $1,524 | 14.9% |
| 163rd | Cameroon | $1,492 | 12.5% |
| 164th | Comoros | $1,455 | 12.8% |
| 165th | Kiribati | $1,411 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Senegal | $1,399 | 16.8% |
| 167th | Zambia | $1,376 | 21.3% |
| 168th | Ghana | $1,183 | -23.5% |
| 169th | Chad | $1,166 | 16.1% |
| 170th | Viet Nam | $1,164 | 1.0% |
| 171st | Djibouti | $1,119 | -24.3% |
| 172nd | Haiti | $1,095 | 10.4% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | $1,082 | 27.0% |
| 174th | Uzbekistan | $1,075 | 2.5% |
| 175th | Yemen, Republic of | $1,072 | 20.4% |
| 176th | Pakistan | $1,067 | -6.9% |
| 177th | Benin | $1,061 | 16.2% |
| 178th | India | $993 | -2.9% |
| 179th | Kyrgyz Republic | $966 | 33.2% |
| 180th | Kenya | $916 | -11.0% |
| 181st | Lesotho | $898 | 1.3% |
| 182nd | Lao PDR | $886 | 12.5% |
| 183rd | Cambodia | $866 | 13.4% |
| 184th | Gambia, The | $859 | 10.1% |
| 185th | Mali | $767 | 36.0% |
| 186th | Togo | $719 | 18.3% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | $705 | 17.5% |
| 188th | Guinea | $704 | 11.9% |
| 189th | Tajikistan | $703 | 35.5% |
| 190th | Tanzania | $676 | 22.5% |
| 191st | Myanmar | $658 | 81.1% |
| 192nd | Guinea-Bissau | $640 | 17.8% |
| 193rd | Timor-Leste | $628 | 14.7% |
| 194th | Burkina Faso | $619 | 20.3% |
| 195th | Bangladesh | $613 | -8.3% |
| 196th | Mozambique | $592 | 18.7% |
| 197th | Malawi | $554 | 28.2% |
| 198th | Rwanda | $528 | 19.4% |
| 199th | Madagascar | $513 | 11.5% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $507 | 5.7% |
| 201st | Eritrea | $490 | 44.0% |
| 202nd | Niger | $475 | 22.0% |
| 203rd | Uganda | $473 | -25.5% |
| 204th | Nepal | $465 | 5.7% |
| 205th | Liberia | $452 | 16.4% |
| 206th | Central African Republic | $437 | 10.0% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | $382 | 15.6% |
| 208th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $353 | 13.5% |
| 209th | Zimbabwe | $341 | -64.3% |
| 210th | Burundi | $190 | 14.0% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's gdp per capita in 2008?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita in 2008 was $55,585. This ranked 16th globally.
How did Kuwait's gdp per capita change in 2008?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita increased by 16.9% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2008?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2008 at $204,264.
What is the gdp per capita of Kuwait in 2008?▾
The gdp per capita of Kuwait in 2008 was $55,585. This ranked 16th globally.
How does 2008 compare to 2007 for Kuwait's gdp per capita?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita went from $45,709 in 2007 to $55,585 in 2008, a 16.9% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Kuwait matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 2008. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.5%. View full analysis →
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