Kuwait - GDP per Capita 2012
$52,155
+$4,715 from 2011
Kuwait's gdp per capita was $52,155 in 2012, increased +$4,715 from $49,170 in 2011. This was the 18th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $165,445 | -7.8% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $148,842 | -12.4% |
| 3rd | Luxembourg | $112,585 | -6.6% |
| 4th | Qatar | $108,470 | 12.0% |
| 5th | Norway | $102,176 | 1.3% |
| 6th | Bermuda | $100,213 | 1.2% |
| 7th | Switzerland | $85,836 | -5.6% |
| 8th | Isle of Man | $79,329 | 2.0% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | $76,058 | 15.0% |
| 10th | Cayman Islands | $75,102 | -0.2% |
| 11th | Australia | $68,301 | 1.5% |
| 12th | Channel Islands | $58,810 | -2.7% |
| 13th | Denmark | $58,444 | -5.6% |
| 14th | Sweden | $57,750 | -4.0% |
| 15th | Singapore | $55,548 | 3.1% |
| 16th | United Arab Emirates | $53,142 | 4.4% |
| 17th | Canada | $52,670 | 0.7% |
| 18th | Kuwait | $52,155 | 9.9% |
| 19th | United States | $51,708 | 3.4% |
| 20th | Netherlands | $50,474 | -7.9% |
| 21st | Faroe Islands | $50,262 | -2.6% |
| 22nd | Ireland | $49,336 | -6.1% |
| 23rd | Japan | $49,145 | 0.8% |
| 24th | Austria | $48,250 | -5.6% |
| 25th | San Marino | $47,946 | -16.6% |
| 26th | Finland | $47,552 | -7.1% |
| 27th | Brunei Darussalam | $46,969 | -0.3% |
| 28th | Iceland | $46,595 | -5.6% |
| 29th | Greenland | $45,937 | -2.6% |
| 30th | Belgium | $44,874 | -6.3% |
| 31st | Germany | $44,718 | -6.1% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | $42,688 | 1.4% |
| 33rd | Andorra | $41,501 | -20.1% |
| 34th | France | $40,864 | -7.5% |
| 35th | New Zealand | $40,054 | 5.1% |
| 36th | Virgin Islands (US) | $37,795 | -3.1% |
| 37th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $36,731 | 5.1% |
| 38th | New Caledonia | $35,560 | -8.4% |
| 39th | Italy | $34,854 | -9.4% |
| 40th | European Union | $33,325 | -7.3% |
| 41st | Israel | $33,321 | -3.4% |
| 42nd | Guam | $31,654 | 5.8% |
| 43rd | Cyprus | $28,992 | -11.9% |
| 44th | Saudi Arabia | $28,733 | 5.9% |
| 45th | Bahamas, The | $28,552 | 0.7% |
| 46th | Spain | $28,456 | -10.4% |
| 47th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $28,149 | 3.0% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | $27,742 | 1.7% |
| 49th | Korea | $26,601 | 1.6% |
| 50th | Bahrain | $26,439 | 5.6% |
| 51st | Turks and Caicos Islands | $25,924 | -5.1% |
| 52nd | Aruba | $25,120 | 2.8% |
| 53rd | Oman | $24,642 | 4.8% |
| 54th | Malta | $22,878 | -3.0% |
| 55th | Slovenia | $22,442 | -10.1% |
| 56th | Greece | $21,624 | -15.1% |
| 57th | French Polynesia | $20,847 | -8.7% |
| 58th | Barbados | $20,804 | 10.1% |
| 59th | Portugal | $20,593 | -11.3% |
| 60th | Trinidad and Tobago | $20,332 | 5.3% |
| 61st | Czechia | $20,014 | -9.3% |
| 62nd | Curaçao | $19,810 | 2.0% |
| 63rd | Estonia | $17,568 | 0.1% |
| 64th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $17,532 | -1.0% |
| 65th | Slovak Republic | $17,517 | -5.2% |
| 66th | Equatorial Guinea | $17,309 | -19.4% |
| 67th | Uruguay | $16,260 | 6.0% |
| 68th | Antigua and Barbuda | $15,640 | 4.0% |
| 69th | Russian Federation | $15,402 | 7.6% |
| 70th | Chile | $15,242 | 4.7% |
| 71st | Libya | $14,976 | 84.2% |
| 72nd | Lithuania | $14,288 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Northern Mariana Islands | $14,014 | 3.1% |
| 74th | Croatia | $13,508 | -8.0% |
| 75th | Latvia | $13,329 | 3.1% |
| 76th | Poland | $13,087 | -5.6% |
| 77th | Hungary | $12,950 | -8.7% |
| 78th | Argentina | $12,950 | 1.3% |
| 79th | Brazil | $12,522 | -6.0% |
| 80th | Seychelles | $12,337 | 5.9% |
| 81st | Palau | $12,137 | 10.6% |
| 82nd | Kazakhstan | $12,019 | 3.3% |
| 83rd | Türkiye | $11,777 | 3.7% |
| 84th | American Samoa | $11,745 | 13.1% |
| 85th | Panama | $11,065 | 14.6% |
| 86th | Mexico | $10,744 | 1.8% |
| 87th | Malaysia | $10,601 | 1.9% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | $10,127 | 9.2% |
| 89th | Nauru | $9,843 | 44.9% |
| 90th | Mauritius | $9,422 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Gabon | $9,297 | -14.7% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | $9,260 | 1.4% |
| 93rd | Romania | $8,930 | -6.5% |
| 94th | Suriname | $8,851 | 1.1% |
| 95th | Lebanon | $8,407 | 6.2% |
| 96th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $8,114 | -15.6% |
| 97th | Colombia | $8,109 | 7.9% |
| 98th | South Africa | $8,077 | -8.1% |
| 99th | Dominica | $7,529 | 5.1% |
| 100th | Azerbaijan | $7,496 | 3.6% |
| 101st | Maldives | $7,461 | -7.6% |
| 102nd | Bulgaria | $7,432 | -5.6% |
| 103rd | Grenada | $7,093 | -2.8% |
| 104th | Belarus | $6,953 | 7.2% |
| 105th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $6,714 | 2.6% |
| 106th | Botswana | $6,596 | -6.9% |
| 107th | Montenegro | $6,552 | -9.8% |
| 108th | Peru | $6,519 | 10.4% |
| 109th | Iraq | $6,478 | 10.8% |
| 110th | Cuba | $6,471 | 6.0% |
| 111th | China | $6,405 | 13.3% |
| 112th | Serbia | $6,263 | -11.6% |
| 113th | Turkmenistan | $6,054 | 16.8% |
| 114th | Algeria | $6,034 | 1.5% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | $6,014 | -0.7% |
| 116th | Namibia | $5,943 | 1.7% |
| 117th | Belize | $5,733 | 2.8% |
| 118th | Thailand | $5,726 | 4.2% |
| 119th | Angola | $5,702 | 10.2% |
| 120th | Paraguay | $5,642 | -3.4% |
| 121st | Ecuador | $5,634 | 8.1% |
| 122nd | Guyana | $5,444 | 23.7% |
| 123rd | Jamaica | $5,341 | -2.4% |
| 124th | North Macedonia | $5,050 | -6.8% |
| 125th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,694 | -8.0% |
| 126th | Georgia | $4,531 | 10.5% |
| 127th | Tonga | $4,384 | 9.2% |
| 128th | Fiji | $4,341 | -9.6% |
| 129th | Mongolia | $4,329 | 16.9% |
| 130th | Tunisia | $4,297 | -3.9% |
| 131st | Albania | $4,281 | -3.6% |
| 132nd | Eswatini | $4,225 | -6.7% |
| 133rd | Jordan | $4,170 | 0.4% |
| 134th | Ukraine | $3,951 | 10.1% |
| 135th | Samoa | $3,935 | -0.9% |
| 136th | Cabo Verde | $3,737 | -12.3% |
| 137th | Congo, Republic of | $3,732 | 9.3% |
| 138th | Indonesia | $3,632 | -1.6% |
| 139th | Tuvalu | $3,598 | -4.8% |
| 140th | Marshall Islands | $3,514 | 8.4% |
| 141st | Armenia | $3,512 | 4.7% |
| 142nd | El Salvador | $3,498 | 5.0% |
| 143rd | Kosovo | $3,411 | -3.6% |
| 144th | Sri Lanka | $3,328 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Guatemala | $3,287 | 2.5% |
| 146th | Morocco | $3,164 | -6.0% |
| 147th | West Bank and Gaza | $3,067 | 13.1% |
| 148th | Moldova | $3,045 | 3.9% |
| 149th | Vanuatu | $3,005 | -0.1% |
| 150th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $2,996 | -2.6% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | $2,992 | 0.6% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | $2,751 | 3.8% |
| 153rd | Papua New Guinea | $2,635 | 6.3% |
| 154th | Nigeria | $2,633 | -23.7% |
| 155th | Philippines | $2,615 | 5.7% |
| 156th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $2,576 | 8.7% |
| 157th | Uzbekistan | $2,307 | 11.6% |
| 158th | Viet Nam | $2,185 | 12.1% |
| 159th | Honduras | $2,126 | 1.8% |
| 160th | Solomon Islands | $2,066 | 14.8% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | $1,898 | -35.7% |
| 162nd | Mauritania | $1,859 | -7.6% |
| 163rd | Kiribati | $1,844 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Nicaragua | $1,785 | 8.0% |
| 165th | Zambia | $1,710 | 4.0% |
| 166th | Lao PDR | $1,564 | 11.9% |
| 167th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,547 | -3.5% |
| 168th | Ghana | $1,544 | -24.9% |
| 169th | Comoros | $1,490 | -2.4% |
| 170th | Cameroon | $1,449 | -4.3% |
| 171st | India | $1,429 | -1.1% |
| 172nd | Djibouti | $1,400 | -31.3% |
| 173rd | Haiti | $1,361 | 7.3% |
| 174th | Chad | $1,354 | 0.4% |
| 175th | Senegal | $1,327 | -2.9% |
| 176th | Kenya | $1,285 | 9.0% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | $1,245 | 4.9% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | $1,239 | -23.3% |
| 179th | Lesotho | $1,218 | -3.5% |
| 180th | Pakistan | $1,204 | -7.5% |
| 181st | Myanmar | $1,203 | 13.3% |
| 182nd | Cambodia | $1,193 | 5.2% |
| 183rd | São Tomé and Principe | $1,192 | -3.0% |
| 184th | Kyrgyz Republic | $1,169 | 3.3% |
| 185th | South Sudan | $1,109 | -33.2% |
| 186th | Benin | $1,072 | 1.2% |
| 187th | Timor-Leste | $1,023 | 7.7% |
| 188th | Sudan | $1,019 | -49.9% |
| 189th | Tajikistan | $952 | 14.1% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | $938 | 24.8% |
| 191st | Mali | $873 | 10.6% |
| 192nd | Tanzania | $862 | 11.2% |
| 193rd | Bangladesh | $860 | -16.7% |
| 194th | Uganda | $795 | -8.8% |
| 195th | Nepal | $788 | -0.2% |
| 196th | Togo | $762 | -2.7% |
| 197th | Burkina Faso | $731 | 0.9% |
| 198th | Rwanda | $707 | 4.7% |
| 199th | Guinea | $699 | 15.2% |
| 200th | Eritrea | $694 | 8.0% |
| 201st | Gambia, The | $693 | -9.2% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | $686 | 13.4% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | $651 | 6.5% |
| 204th | Liberia | $638 | 9.6% |
| 205th | Guinea-Bissau | $635 | -18.0% |
| 206th | Malawi | $558 | -19.7% |
| 207th | Central African Republic | $544 | 1.4% |
| 208th | Niger | $529 | 3.3% |
| 209th | Madagascar | $494 | -10.8% |
| 210th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $410 | 5.7% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $350 | 48.8% |
| 212th | Burundi | $231 | 0.4% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's gdp per capita in 2012?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita in 2012 was $52,155. This ranked 18th globally.
How did Kuwait's gdp per capita change in 2012?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita increased by 9.9% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2012?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2012 at $165,445.
What is the gdp per capita of Kuwait in 2012?▾
The gdp per capita of Kuwait in 2012 was $52,155. This ranked 18th globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Kuwait's gdp per capita?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita went from $49,170 in 2011 to $52,155 in 2012, a 9.9% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Kuwait matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 0.5%. View full analysis →
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