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Kuwait – Real Interest Rate

Name: Kuwait Real Interest Rate
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. A negative real rate means inflation exceeds the nominal lending rate. · World Bank

5.95% −8.19pp from 2023 G20 rank: 40th · all-time high: 46.20% (1986)

APA

Kuwait Real Interest Rate. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/kuwait/real-interest-rate

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_kuwait_real-interest-rate,
  title = {Kuwait Real Interest Rate},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/kuwait/real-interest-rate},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2027* trend	0.93%	–	–
2026* trend	1.28%	–	–
2025* trend	1.62%	–	–
2024	5.95%	−8.19pp	40th
2023	14.13%	+25.80pp	81st
2022	-11.66%	+8.21pp	11th
2021	-19.87%	−44.53pp	4th
2020	24.66%	+19.73pp	107th
2019	4.93%	+10.74pp	39th
2018	-5.82%	+4.11pp	3rd
2017	-9.93%	−22.07pp	7th
2016	12.14%	−28.71pp	112th
2015	40.86%	+29.03pp	132nd
2014	11.83%	+7.50pp	115th
2013	4.33%	+6.66pp	53rd
2012	-2.33%	+7.94pp	8th
2011	-10.27%	−5.15pp	7th
2010	-5.11%	−33.27pp	11th
2009	28.16%	+37.47pp	121st
2008	-9.31%	−13.37pp	7th
2007	4.05%	+10.59pp	69th
2006	-6.54%	+5.18pp	8th
2005	-11.72%	−6.57pp	6th
2004	-5.15%	−5.62pp	9th
2003	0.47%	−0.80pp	16th
2002	1.27%	−15.64pp	12th
2001	16.91%	+26.58pp	95th
2000	-9.67%	−1.60pp	9th
1999	-8.07%	−39.56pp	8th
1998	31.49%	+17.31pp	98th
1997	14.18%	+20.02pp	72nd
1996	-5.83%	−9.19pp	2nd
1995	3.36%	−10.96pp	28th
1994	14.32%	−2.24pp	70th
1993	16.56%	+10.51pp	72nd
1992	6.05%	−2.60pp	30th
1991	8.65%	+0.74pp	50th
1990	7.91%	−2.36pp	46th
1989	10.27%	+6.63pp	51st
1988	3.65%	+6.28pp	25th
1987	-2.64%	−48.84pp	12th
1986	46.20%	+42.50pp	59th
1985	3.70%	−4.50pp	23rd
1984	8.20%	−11.23pp	38th
1983	19.43%	+10.87pp	46th
1982	8.56%	+10.38pp	34th
1981	-1.83%	+22.13pp	8th
1980	-23.95%	+0.88pp	2nd
1979	-24.83%	–	1st

Show all years (1979–2024)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Export Boom Cycle

Current account surplus with strong export growth (>15% YoY), reserve accumulation, and moderate GDP growth. Typical of commodity exporters during price surges.

Reserves YoY +11.5% GDP growth 6.6% C/A balance 45.5%

This pattern occurred 682 times in G20 history, 460 successful

United Arab Emirates 2024

Reserves YoY

+25.6%

GDP growth

4.0%

C/A balance

14.5%

Guatemala 2024

Reserves YoY

+14.6%

GDP growth

3.7%

C/A balance

2.9%

Cambodia 2024

Reserves YoY

+12.6%

GDP growth

6.0%

C/A balance

0.5%

Sri Lanka 2024

Reserves YoY

+38.3%

GDP growth

5.0%

C/A balance

1.2%

Lesotho 2024

Reserves YoY

+18.0%

GDP growth

2.9%

C/A balance

3.9%

Lithuania 2024

Reserves YoY

+20.1%

GDP growth

2.8%

C/A balance

3.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Kuwait matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2012. Historically, 67% of countries showing this pattern (460 out of 682) saw real interest rate improve within 24 months. View full analysis →