Kuwait - Trade Openness 2009
88.81%
−3.87% from 2008
Kuwait's trade openness was 88.81% in 2009, decreased +3.87% from 92.68% in 2008. This was the 115th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brazil | 22.11% | -18.9% |
| 2nd | Sierra Leone | 23.08% | 8.6% |
| 3rd | Japan | 24.39% | -28.5% |
| 4th | United States | 24.76% | -17.1% |
| 5th | Eritrea | 27.97% | -8.5% |
| 6th | Central African Republic | 31.49% | -8.5% |
| 7th | Sudan | 32.78% | -10.8% |
| 8th | Cuba | 32.91% | -26.7% |
| 9th | Haiti | 33.10% | -8.4% |
| 10th | Pakistan | 33.33% | -3.0% |
| 11th | Argentina | 34.06% | -15.7% |
| 12th | Colombia | 35.16% | -10.2% |
| 13th | Rwanda | 36.81% | -2.1% |
| 14th | Comoros | 37.90% | 4.6% |
| 15th | Bangladesh | 40.09% | -5.9% |
| 16th | Burkina Faso | 40.30% | 13.9% |
| 17th | Mali | 40.54% | -24.4% |
| 18th | Gambia, The | 41.78% | 6.9% |
| 19th | Cameroon | 42.18% | -25.9% |
| 20th | Tanzania | 43.53% | -11.2% |
| 21st | Guinea-Bissau | 43.60% | -3.4% |
| 22nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 43.70% | -9.4% |
| 23rd | China | 44.42% | -21.7% |
| 24th | Benin | 44.70% | -6.4% |
| 25th | Italy | 45.14% | -16.7% |
| 26th | Indonesia | 45.51% | -22.3% |
| 27th | Australia | 45.59% | 6.6% |
| 28th | Kenya | 45.95% | -20.2% |
| 29th | India | 46.27% | -13.3% |
| 30th | Greece | 46.38% | -18.8% |
| 31st | Spain | 46.84% | -16.1% |
| 32nd | Türkiye | 47.04% | -7.3% |
| 33rd | Uganda | 47.06% | -16.3% |
| 34th | Nepal | 47.08% | 2.3% |
| 35th | Peru | 48.11% | -17.7% |
| 36th | Russian Federation | 48.44% | -9.3% |
| 37th | Sri Lanka | 49.15% | -22.4% |
| 38th | Niger | 49.51% | 24.7% |
| 39th | South Africa | 49.59% | -24.8% |
| 40th | Dominican Republic | 50.65% | -17.5% |
| 41st | French Polynesia | 51.68% | -11.0% |
| 42nd | France | 52.20% | -11.8% |
| 43rd | Senegal | 52.31% | -16.7% |
| 44th | Uruguay | 53.39% | -18.1% |
| 45th | Mexico | 54.59% | -3.1% |
| 46th | United Kingdom | 54.65% | -3.2% |
| 47th | New Zealand | 55.01% | -14.4% |
| 48th | New Caledonia | 56.08% | -17.4% |
| 49th | Zambia | 56.12% | -5.6% |
| 50th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 56.55% | -21.1% |
| 51st | Armenia | 57.27% | 5.0% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 57.35% | -23.1% |
| 53rd | Guatemala | 58.04% | -11.0% |
| 54th | Romania | 58.47% | -10.3% |
| 55th | Canada | 58.47% | -12.8% |
| 56th | Syrian Arab Republic | 59.94% | -19.2% |
| 57th | Philippines | 60.89% | -10.0% |
| 58th | Portugal | 61.49% | -14.7% |
| 59th | Israel | 61.68% | -18.2% |
| 60th | Zimbabwe | 61.78% | -43.6% |
| 61st | Togo | 62.21% | -0.2% |
| 62nd | Morocco | 62.37% | -19.9% |
| 63rd | Madagascar | 62.41% | -16.1% |
| 64th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 63.09% | -13.5% |
| 65th | Serbia | 63.50% | -16.2% |
| 66th | Algeria | 64.28% | -9.5% |
| 67th | Chad | 64.86% | -6.1% |
| 68th | El Salvador | 66.07% | -18.1% |
| 69th | Germany | 66.14% | -13.1% |
| 70th | Côte d'Ivoire | 66.67% | 7.6% |
| 71st | Chile | 66.69% | -17.3% |
| 72nd | Norway | 67.46% | -9.8% |
| 73rd | Mozambique | 67.90% | 4.5% |
| 74th | Yemen, Republic of | 68.07% | -16.2% |
| 75th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.63% | -17.2% |
| 76th | Uzbekistan | 68.67% | -13.9% |
| 77th | Croatia | 69.70% | -15.1% |
| 78th | Costa Rica | 69.76% | -19.3% |
| 79th | Guinea | 69.82% | 8.8% |
| 80th | Finland | 70.13% | -18.6% |
| 81st | European Union | 70.51% | -12.7% |
| 82nd | Paraguay | 70.84% | -12.3% |
| 83rd | Ghana | 71.59% | 3.0% |
| 84th | Solomon Islands | 71.88% | -17.7% |
| 85th | Guam | 72.02% | -8.0% |
| 86th | Albania | 73.32% | -2.6% |
| 87th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73.75% | -14.4% |
| 88th | Tonga | 74.34% | 2.3% |
| 89th | Azerbaijan | 74.74% | -16.2% |
| 90th | Poland | 74.97% | -7.0% |
| 91st | West Bank and Gaza | 75.15% | -5.4% |
| 92nd | Kazakhstan | 75.77% | -19.6% |
| 93rd | Samoa | 75.98% | 2.8% |
| 94th | Bahamas, The | 76.52% | -12.5% |
| 95th | Lao PDR | 76.93% | -6.0% |
| 96th | Kosovo | 77.76% | 1.3% |
| 97th | Georgia | 78.19% | -9.4% |
| 98th | Iraq | 78.69% | -2.9% |
| 99th | Qatar | 80.14% | -10.4% |
| 100th | Cabo Verde | 80.46% | -11.5% |
| 101st | Sweden | 81.96% | -11.7% |
| 102nd | Mauritania | 82.01% | -12.9% |
| 103rd | Korea | 83.12% | -9.7% |
| 104th | Gabon | 83.50% | -6.2% |
| 105th | Northern Mariana Islands | 84.53% | -16.2% |
| 106th | Saudi Arabia | 84.86% | -11.7% |
| 107th | Greenland | 85.76% | -20.1% |
| 108th | Tajikistan | 85.98% | -24.9% |
| 109th | Nicaragua | 86.99% | -10.1% |
| 110th | North Macedonia | 87.18% | -21.9% |
| 111th | Ukraine | 87.48% | -7.1% |
| 112th | Austria | 87.60% | -14.7% |
| 113th | Suriname | 87.92% | -19.5% |
| 114th | Botswana | 88.48% | -10.6% |
| 115th | Kuwait | 88.81% | -4.2% |
| 116th | Latvia | 88.83% | -7.2% |
| 117th | Iceland | 89.00% | 8.7% |
| 118th | Denmark | 89.39% | -14.4% |
| 119th | Belize | 89.58% | -15.1% |
| 120th | Brunei Darussalam | 90.29% | 0.6% |
| 121st | Lebanon | 90.40% | -15.2% |
| 122nd | Oman | 91.63% | -3.3% |
| 123rd | Bulgaria | 92.69% | -25.7% |
| 124th | Tunisia | 93.02% | -18.7% |
| 125th | South Sudan | 94.84% | -2.5% |
| 126th | Faroe Islands | 96.86% | -6.4% |
| 127th | Honduras | 96.91% | -28.6% |
| 128th | Kiribati | 97.64% | 2.3% |
| 129th | Montenegro | 99.83% | -24.6% |
| 130th | Bhutan | 101.56% | -0.4% |
| 131st | Angola | 102.26% | -5.9% |
| 132nd | Cambodia | 102.29% | -21.6% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 102.46% | -9.7% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 102.79% | -9.0% |
| 135th | Turkmenistan | 104.95% | 10.8% |
| 136th | Lithuania | 105.04% | -17.1% |
| 137th | Puerto Rico (US) | 105.26% | -9.5% |
| 138th | Libya | 107.62% | 4.2% |
| 139th | Mongolia | 107.81% | -11.0% |
| 140th | Vanuatu | 108.49% | 2.6% |
| 141st | Belarus | 108.64% | -16.2% |
| 142nd | Switzerland | 109.78% | -6.0% |
| 143rd | Moldova | 110.36% | -17.9% |
| 144th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 111.05% | -0.1% |
| 145th | Palau | 111.74% | -11.5% |
| 146th | Jordan | 112.15% | -20.4% |
| 147th | Czechia | 113.05% | -8.8% |
| 148th | Macao SAR, China | 113.55% | -10.3% |
| 149th | Slovenia | 114.48% | -15.4% |
| 150th | Netherlands | 115.11% | -11.6% |
| 151st | Estonia | 116.76% | -14.6% |
| 152nd | Bahrain | 117.96% | -19.1% |
| 153rd | Thailand | 119.27% | -15.1% |
| 154th | Equatorial Guinea | 122.21% | -5.0% |
| 155th | Namibia | 123.76% | 3.4% |
| 156th | Marshall Islands | 128.86% | 5.6% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | 133.38% | -8.7% |
| 158th | Viet Nam | 134.71% | -12.7% |
| 159th | Belgium | 135.14% | -16.1% |
| 160th | Congo, Republic of | 135.55% | 1.8% |
| 161st | Slovak Republic | 136.71% | -15.8% |
| 162nd | Panama | 137.05% | -16.7% |
| 163rd | Aruba | 137.56% | -1.1% |
| 164th | Curaçao | 144.70% | -13.2% |
| 165th | Nauru | 145.00% | -11.7% |
| 166th | Hungary | 145.31% | -8.3% |
| 167th | United Arab Emirates | 153.46% | 3.3% |
| 168th | Timor-Leste | 157.69% | 16.6% |
| 169th | Lesotho | 158.89% | -1.4% |
| 170th | American Samoa | 161.33% | -35.4% |
| 171st | Malaysia | 162.56% | -8.0% |
| 172nd | Malta | 163.56% | -11.9% |
| 173rd | Ireland | 173.59% | 8.5% |
| 174th | Seychelles | 221.93% | 6.3% |
| 175th | Luxembourg | 263.53% | -9.8% |
| 176th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 348.40% | -7.5% |
| 177th | Singapore | 358.19% | -18.1% |
| 178th | Virgin Islands (US) | 508.40% | -41.1% |
FAQ
What was Kuwait's trade openness in 2009?▾
Kuwait's trade openness in 2009 was 88.81%. This ranked 115th globally.
How did Kuwait's trade openness change in 2009?▾
Kuwait's trade openness decreased by 4.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest trade openness in 2009?▾
Virgin Islands (US) had the highest trade openness in 2009 at 508.40%.
What is the trade openness of Kuwait in 2009?▾
The trade openness of Kuwait in 2009 was 88.81%. This ranked 115th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Kuwait's trade openness?▾
Kuwait's trade openness went from 92.68% in 2008 to 88.81% in 2009, a 4.2% decrease.
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