Kuwait - GDP per Capita 2016
$27,324
−$1,872 from 2015
Kuwait's gdp per capita was $27,324 in 2016, decreased +$1,872 from $29,882 in 2015. This was the 47th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | $173,605 | 1.9% |
| 2nd | Liechtenstein | $165,375 | -0.7% |
| 3rd | Bermuda | $108,747 | 3.7% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | $106,899 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Switzerland | $82,153 | -2.5% |
| 6th | Isle of Man | $82,026 | -3.2% |
| 7th | Cayman Islands | $77,802 | 1.9% |
| 8th | Norway | $70,867 | -5.0% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | $68,912 | -1.1% |
| 10th | Ireland | $64,130 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Iceland | $62,854 | 14.7% |
| 12th | Qatar | $61,254 | -7.7% |
| 13th | United States | $57,638 | 1.1% |
| 14th | Singapore | $57,006 | 2.4% |
| 15th | Faroe Islands | $56,875 | 8.1% |
| 16th | Channel Islands | $55,948 | -9.5% |
| 17th | Denmark | $54,501 | 2.2% |
| 18th | Sweden | $51,704 | 1.5% |
| 19th | Australia | $50,084 | -2.6% |
| 20th | Greenland | $48,182 | 8.2% |
| 21st | Netherlands | $46,809 | 2.0% |
| 22nd | Austria | $45,061 | 2.4% |
| 23rd | San Marino | $44,359 | 3.0% |
| 24th | Hong Kong SAR, China | $43,734 | 3.3% |
| 25th | Finland | $43,451 | 1.9% |
| 26th | Germany | $42,949 | 2.0% |
| 27th | United Arab Emirates | $42,721 | -2.3% |
| 28th | Canada | $42,314 | -3.0% |
| 29th | Belgium | $41,855 | 2.0% |
| 30th | United Kingdom | $41,258 | -8.3% |
| 31st | Andorra | $40,130 | 3.2% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | $40,114 | 4.9% |
| 33rd | Japan | $39,375 | 12.5% |
| 34th | Israel | $37,672 | 4.2% |
| 35th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $37,309 | -1.4% |
| 36th | France | $37,024 | 0.7% |
| 37th | Guam | $35,931 | 2.2% |
| 38th | Virgin Islands (US) | $35,325 | 3.9% |
| 39th | European Union | $31,457 | 2.2% |
| 40th | Italy | $31,392 | 2.6% |
| 41st | Turks and Caicos Islands | $31,374 | 6.5% |
| 42nd | Korea | $30,832 | 2.2% |
| 43rd | New Caledonia | $30,783 | -0.2% |
| 44th | Bahamas, The | $30,617 | -4.4% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | $29,978 | 0.7% |
| 46th | Aruba | $27,442 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Kuwait | $27,324 | -6.4% |
| 48th | Spain | $26,756 | 3.0% |
| 49th | Brunei Darussalam | $26,663 | -15.0% |
| 50th | Malta | $26,459 | 2.4% |
| 51st | Cyprus | $24,280 | 5.0% |
| 52nd | Northern Mariana Islands | $24,225 | 37.1% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | $23,800 | 0.3% |
| 54th | Saudi Arabia | $22,268 | -4.3% |
| 55th | Slovenia | $21,448 | 3.6% |
| 56th | St. Kitts and Nevis | $21,388 | 8.7% |
| 57th | Barbados | $20,296 | 9.1% |
| 58th | Portugal | $19,980 | 4.2% |
| 59th | French Polynesia | $19,690 | 2.7% |
| 60th | Curaçao | $18,944 | -2.2% |
| 61st | Czechia | $18,754 | 4.5% |
| 62nd | Estonia | $18,666 | 5.3% |
| 63rd | Greece | $17,919 | 0.0% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | $17,449 | -10.9% |
| 65th | Palau | $17,150 | 6.9% |
| 66th | Oman | $17,110 | -9.6% |
| 67th | Uruguay | $17,010 | 1.5% |
| 68th | Slovak Republic | $16,636 | 1.1% |
| 69th | Seychelles | $16,567 | 7.7% |
| 70th | Antigua and Barbuda | $16,557 | 4.5% |
| 71st | Lithuania | $14,934 | 4.6% |
| 72nd | Panama | $14,832 | 5.1% |
| 73rd | Latvia | $13,839 | 4.3% |
| 74th | Chile | $13,650 | 1.2% |
| 75th | Hungary | $13,216 | 3.6% |
| 76th | American Samoa | $12,843 | 0.9% |
| 77th | Croatia | $12,820 | 4.3% |
| 78th | Argentina | $12,700 | -14.7% |
| 79th | Poland | $12,464 | -1.3% |
| 80th | Costa Rica | $12,091 | 3.9% |
| 81st | Türkiye | $10,984 | -1.0% |
| 82nd | St. Lucia | $10,638 | 2.9% |
| 83rd | Mauritius | $10,095 | 6.2% |
| 84th | Maldives | $9,948 | -16.0% |
| 85th | Malaysia | $9,477 | -1.9% |
| 86th | Romania | $9,405 | 5.1% |
| 87th | Grenada | $9,221 | 1.8% |
| 88th | Mexico | $9,098 | -8.2% |
| 89th | Brazil | $8,836 | -0.6% |
| 90th | Dominica | $8,803 | 15.9% |
| 91st | Nauru | $8,748 | 25.4% |
| 92nd | Russian Federation | $8,663 | -6.2% |
| 93rd | China | $8,255 | 1.0% |
| 94th | Cuba | $8,111 | 5.0% |
| 95th | Lebanon | $8,089 | 3.7% |
| 96th | Bulgaria | $7,822 | 10.2% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $7,657 | 7.0% |
| 98th | Libya | $7,526 | -2.3% |
| 99th | Kazakhstan | $7,476 | -28.9% |
| 100th | Equatorial Guinea | $7,453 | -33.6% |
| 101st | Dominican Republic | $7,160 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Montenegro | $6,968 | 8.5% |
| 103rd | Botswana | $6,749 | 15.0% |
| 104th | Gabon | $6,677 | -10.4% |
| 105th | Peru | $6,217 | -4.2% |
| 106th | Belize | $6,141 | -0.1% |
| 107th | Serbia | $5,982 | 2.8% |
| 108th | Colombia | $5,960 | -6.0% |
| 109th | Ecuador | $5,918 | -1.0% |
| 110th | Guyana | $5,871 | 5.2% |
| 111th | Thailand | $5,834 | -0.1% |
| 112th | Paraguay | $5,775 | -2.5% |
| 113th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $5,711 | -4.4% |
| 114th | Turkmenistan | $5,687 | -8.4% |
| 115th | South Africa | $5,651 | -9.2% |
| 116th | Suriname | $5,644 | -37.5% |
| 117th | North Macedonia | $5,598 | 6.4% |
| 118th | Fiji | $5,364 | -0.6% |
| 119th | Jamaica | $5,302 | -3.4% |
| 120th | Belarus | $5,040 | -15.4% |
| 121st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $4,929 | 5.6% |
| 122nd | Albania | $4,458 | 12.7% |
| 123rd | Algeria | $4,425 | -5.7% |
| 124th | Namibia | $4,396 | -10.1% |
| 125th | Iraq | $4,334 | -14.1% |
| 126th | Marshall Islands | $4,230 | 14.9% |
| 127th | Sri Lanka | $4,149 | 2.3% |
| 128th | Samoa | $4,147 | -2.7% |
| 129th | Georgia | $4,143 | 1.3% |
| 130th | Guatemala | $4,060 | 4.3% |
| 131st | Tonga | $3,988 | -7.8% |
| 132nd | Jordan | $3,987 | -2.0% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | $3,901 | 2.9% |
| 134th | Azerbaijan | $3,881 | -29.8% |
| 135th | Tunisia | $3,848 | -5.2% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | $3,809 | 10.8% |
| 137th | Kosovo | $3,759 | 6.8% |
| 138th | Mongolia | $3,620 | -4.7% |
| 139th | Cabo Verde | $3,609 | 1.4% |
| 140th | West Bank and Gaza | $3,528 | 14.4% |
| 141st | Armenia | $3,524 | -0.1% |
| 142nd | Indonesia | $3,521 | 4.4% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $3,271 | -16.9% |
| 144th | Eswatini | $3,238 | -11.7% |
| 145th | Bhutan | $3,152 | 8.0% |
| 146th | Morocco | $3,141 | -2.9% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $3,036 | -1.1% |
| 148th | Philippines | $2,985 | -1.8% |
| 149th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $2,980 | -1.9% |
| 150th | Vanuatu | $2,956 | 2.6% |
| 151st | Moldova | $2,847 | 4.1% |
| 152nd | Uzbekistan | $2,753 | -0.3% |
| 153rd | Viet Nam | $2,735 | 5.9% |
| 154th | Djibouti | $2,510 | -5.4% |
| 155th | Papua New Guinea | $2,316 | -6.1% |
| 156th | Honduras | $2,307 | 0.2% |
| 157th | Lao PDR | $2,303 | 8.4% |
| 158th | Ukraine | $2,158 | 1.1% |
| 159th | Nicaragua | $2,132 | 5.1% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | $2,093 | -10.9% |
| 161st | Solomon Islands | $2,083 | 3.0% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | $2,070 | -43.3% |
| 163rd | Angola | $2,052 | -56.2% |
| 164th | Ghana | $1,912 | 11.0% |
| 165th | Côte d'Ivoire | $1,863 | 0.9% |
| 166th | Kiribati | $1,743 | 0.0% |
| 167th | India | $1,708 | 7.8% |
| 168th | Cambodia | $1,675 | 4.3% |
| 169th | Bangladesh | $1,649 | 10.3% |
| 170th | Mauritania | $1,566 | -6.1% |
| 171st | Kenya | $1,554 | -4.4% |
| 172nd | Cameroon | $1,442 | 1.9% |
| 173rd | São Tomé and Principe | $1,435 | 9.8% |
| 174th | Pakistan | $1,425 | -7.2% |
| 175th | Zimbabwe | $1,408 | -29.5% |
| 176th | Comoros | $1,365 | 3.2% |
| 177th | Timor-Leste | $1,336 | 0.2% |
| 178th | Haiti | $1,318 | -3.0% |
| 179th | Senegal | $1,266 | 3.9% |
| 180th | Zambia | $1,239 | -5.2% |
| 181st | Myanmar | $1,229 | 7.4% |
| 182nd | Kyrgyz Republic | $1,103 | -2.6% |
| 183rd | Sudan | $1,033 | -38.5% |
| 184th | Benin | $1,011 | 0.8% |
| 185th | Lesotho | $992 | -4.5% |
| 186th | Yemen, Republic of | $975 | -28.4% |
| 187th | Tanzania | $953 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Nepal | $877 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Mali | $872 | 23.8% |
| 190th | Chad | $862 | -16.5% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | $844 | -12.0% |
| 192nd | Tajikistan | $789 | -14.2% |
| 193rd | Togo | $773 | 2.9% |
| 194th | Uganda | $753 | -11.3% |
| 195th | Rwanda | $730 | -3.9% |
| 196th | Liberia | $715 | 3.4% |
| 197th | Guinea | $712 | 0.0% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | $680 | -4.0% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | $664 | 5.3% |
| 200th | Syrian Arab Republic | $656 | -22.6% |
| 201st | Eritrea | $655 | 8.7% |
| 202nd | Gambia, The | $650 | 0.1% |
| 203rd | Afghanistan | $522 | -12.1% |
| 204th | Niger | $503 | 3.8% |
| 205th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | $461 | -13.3% |
| 206th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $460 | -11.5% |
| 207th | Madagascar | $454 | -5.8% |
| 208th | Malawi | $451 | -9.5% |
| 209th | Mozambique | $441 | -26.3% |
| 210th | Central African Republic | $387 | -4.7% |
| 211th | Burundi | $233 | -17.1% |
| 212th | South Sudan | $181 | -85.6% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's gdp per capita in 2016?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita in 2016 was $27,324. This ranked 47th globally.
How did Kuwait's gdp per capita change in 2016?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita decreased by 6.4% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest gdp per capita in 2016?▾
Monaco had the highest gdp per capita in 2016 at $173,605.
What is the gdp per capita of Kuwait in 2016?▾
The gdp per capita of Kuwait in 2016 was $27,324. This ranked 47th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Kuwait's gdp per capita?▾
Kuwait's gdp per capita went from $29,882 in 2015 to $27,324 in 2016, a 6.4% decrease.
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