Kuwait: Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Kuwait's inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) fell 3.51 percentage points on 2024 (from -1.46% to -4.97%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 19.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 155.92 percentage points in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 168.95 percentage points in 1975. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

In 2025, Kuwait had the 184th highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Kuwait in the 2025 ranking

• Gabon — 181st of 186: -3.96%
• Timor-Leste — 182nd of 186: -4.69%
• Brunei Darussalam — 183rd of 186: -4.74%
• Iraq — 185th of 186: -7.03%
• Guyana — 186th of 186: -7.93%

What this measures

Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.

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

All 55 values

Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — -8.31% (2024)
• Algeria — 0.78% (2025)
• Bahrain — 0.23% (2025)
• Djibouti — 4.58% (2025)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 24.96% (2025)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 28.78% (2025)
• Iraq — -7.03% (2025)
• Israel — 2.09% (2025)
• Jordan — 2.21% (2025)
• Lebanon — 45.16% (2024)

More financial sector data for Kuwait

• DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$0.31 (2025)
• Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 46.3 billion (2025)
• Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 28.58 billion (2025)
• Broad money (current LCU) — 42.12 billion (2025)
• Broad money to total reserves ratio — 2.66 (2025)
• Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$0.31 (2025)
• Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 4.92% (2025)
• Claims on central government (annual growth as % of broad money) — 6.39% (2025)
• Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 4.92% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Kuwait's inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth)?

-4.97% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 30.75 percentage points from 25.78% in 1971. The highest value was 173.2% in 1974 and the lowest -25.96% in 2015.

How does Kuwait rank?

184th highest of 186 economies with data for 2025.

Is the latest change in inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) unusual for Kuwait?

In 2025, Kuwait's inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) fell 3.51 percentage points on 2024 (from -1.46% to -4.97%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 19.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, 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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