Kuwait: Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 61.94% from US$51.35 billion in 2014 (17.57% a year on average, compounded). Since 1990 it is up 803.2% from US$2.16 billion in 1990 (7.88% a year on average, compounded).

What the numbers say

In 2019, Kuwait's adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$) fell US$9.65 billion on 2018 (from US$29.2 billion to US$19.55 billion).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2018), the average change was +US$849.72 million and a typical year strayed about US$14.02 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below 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$31.72 billion in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was US$35.8 billion 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 2011 to 2019 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$6.5 billion a year. A straight line explains 64% of the movement over 9 observed years.

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

Closest to Kuwait in the 2019 ranking

• Myanmar — 2nd of 3: US$13.64 billion
• Burkina Faso — 3rd of 3: US$1.17 billion

What this measures

Adjusted net savings are equal to net national savings plus education expenditure and minus energy depletion, mineral depletion, net forest depletion, and carbon dioxide and particulate emissions damage. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

All 27 values

Adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$) in nearby economies

• Algeria — US$24.56 billion (2021)
• Bahrain — US$2.35 billion (2018)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — −US$4.42 billion (2021)
• Iraq — US$19.44 billion (2021)
• Israel — US$92.4 billion (2021)
• Jordan — US$1.9 billion (2021)
• Lebanon — −US$6.21 billion (2021)
• Libya — −US$13.77 billion (2020)

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 savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$)?

US$19.55 billion in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 803.2% from US$2.16 billion in 1990 (7.88% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$64.99 billion in 2012 and the lowest −US$27.28 billion in 1991.

Is the latest change in adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$) unusual for Kuwait?

In 2019, Kuwait's adjusted net savings, including particulate emission damage (current US$) fell US$9.65 billion on 2018 (from US$29.2 billion to US$19.55 billion). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2018), the average change was +US$849.72 million and a typical year strayed about US$14.02 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below 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.SVNG.CD, 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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