Kuwait: Adjusted net national income per capita (constant 2015 US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 28.12% from US$38,445 in 2014 (6.39% a year on average, compounded). Since 2010 it is down 28.85% from US$38,843 in 2010 (3.71% a year on average, compounded).

What the numbers say

In 2019, Kuwait's adjusted net national income per capita (constant 2015 US$) fell US$994.72 on 2018 (from US$28,630 to US$27,635).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2018), the average change was −US$1,277 and a typical year strayed about US$4,613 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$4,152 in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was US$10,633 in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$2,100 a year. A straight line explains 70% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Kuwait in the 2019 ranking

• Cuba — 2nd of 2: US$7,102

What this measures

Adjusted net national income is GNI minus consumption of fixed capital and natural resources depletion. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment is 2015. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Adjusted net national income differs from the adjustments made in the calculation of adjusted net savings, by not accounting for investments in human capital or the damages from pollution. Thus, adjusted net national income remains within the boundaries of the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). The SNA includes non-produced natural assets (such as land, mineral resources, and forests) within the asset boundary when they are under the effective control of institutional units. The calculation of adjusted net national income, which accounts for net forest, energy, and mineral depletion, as well as consumption of fixed capital, thus remains within the SNA boundaries.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Adjusted net national income per capita (constant 2015 US$) in nearby economies

• Algeria — US$3,069 (2021)
• Bahrain — US$16,093 (2020)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$3,098 (2021)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$3,516 (2021)
• Iraq — US$3,774 (2021)
• Israel — US$34,576 (2021)
• Lebanon — US$4,213 (2021)
• Libya — US$7,383 (2021)
• Morocco — US$2,965 (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Kuwait

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$51.74 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$40.65 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$157.21 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 48.18 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$32,312 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 9,902 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$193.99 billion (2024)
• GNI (current LCU) — 59.49 billion (2024)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 12,148 (2024)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$41.5 billion (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Kuwait's adjusted net national income per capita (constant 2015 US$)?

US$27,635 in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 28.85% from US$38,843 in 2010 (3.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$44,165 in 2012 and the lowest US$25,309 in 2016.

Is the latest change in adjusted net national income per capita (constant 2015 US$) unusual for Kuwait?

In 2019, Kuwait's adjusted net national income per capita (constant 2015 US$) fell US$994.72 on 2018 (from US$28,630 to US$27,635). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2018), the average change was −US$1,277 and a typical year strayed about US$4,613 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.ADJ.NNTY.PC.KD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); The Changing Wealth of Nations: Measuring Sustainable Development in the New Millennium, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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