Kuwait's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) was US$1.17 billion in 2017, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 86.05% from US$631 million in 2007 (6.41% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.17 billion | 2017 |
| Five years earlier | US$824 million | 2012 |
| Ten years earlier | US$631 million | 2007 |
| Highest | US$1.17 billion | 2017 |
| Lowest | US$266 million | 1995 |
| Average since 2008 | US$845.4 million | 2008–2017 |
| First recorded | US$266 million |
What the numbers say
In 2017, Kuwait's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 31.2% on 2016 (from US$895 million to US$1.17 billion).
Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2016), the average change was +6.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 31.2% in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.2% 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 2008 to 2017 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$41.08 million a year. A straight line explains 58% 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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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | US$1.17 billion | 2017 |
| World | US$249.92 billion | 2019 |
| High income | US$166.44 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2017 ranking
- Palau — 2nd of 2: US$9.6 million
What this measures
International tourism expenditures for passenger transport items are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries for all services provided during international transportation by nonresident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 23 values
| Year | International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 1,174,000,000 |
| 2016 | 895,000,000 |
| 2015 | 767,000,000 |
| 2014 | 1,012,000,000 |
| 2013 | 914,000,000 |
| 2012 | 824,000,000 |
| 2011 | 815,000,000 |
| 2010 | 672,000,000 |
| 2009 | 610,000,000 |
| 2008 | 771,000,000 |
International tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$19 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$38 million (2020)
- Bahrain — US$917 million (2019)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$69 million (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$576 million (2018)
- Israel — US$371 million (2020)
- Jordan — US$27 million (2020)
- Lebanon — US$28 million (2020)
More private sector & trade data for Kuwait
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$41.61 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$72.07 billion (2025)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 72.31% (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 18.76% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 60.32% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 36.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 24.54% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
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Questions people ask
- What is Kuwait's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$)?
- US$1.17 billion in 2017, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 341.35% from US$266 million in 1995 (6.98% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.17 billion in 2017 and the lowest US$266 million in 1995.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2017, Kuwait's international tourism, expenditures for passenger transport items (current US$) rose 31.2% on 2016 (from US$895 million to US$1.17 billion). Across the 21 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2016), the average change was +6.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TRNX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism 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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