Kuwait vs Nauru: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kuwait with a GDP of $140.6B ranked the 58th largest economy in the world, while Nauru ranked 195th with $125.6M. By GDP per capita, Kuwait and Nauru ranked 30th vs 74th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Kuwait	Nauru
GDP	$140.6B	$125.6M
GDP growth, 1 year	1.7%	5.7%
GDP growth, 5-years average	0.5%	N/A
Population	4.6M	14k
GDP per capita	$34k	$9.9k
GDP per capita growth	-0.74%	7.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.14	0.77
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.47	0.6
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$67k	$17k
GNI, Atlas method	$141.9B	$153.2M
GNI per capita	$34k	$12k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$348.6B	$266.1M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$84k	$21k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Kuwait	Nauru
Income Tax Rate	0%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	15%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	0.7%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	14.6%	1.5%
Unemployment	2.1%	13.3%
Economic Freedom Index	63.2	60
Personal Freedom Index	6.24	6.3
Human Freedom Index	6.6	6.2
Property Rights Index	57.1	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	47	N/A
Business Freedom Index	61.3	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	99.6	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	62.2	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	55	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	60	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	76.4	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	73.2	N/A
Government Spending Index	22.4	N/A
Tax Burden Index	97.7	N/A
Government Integrity Index	46	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	41	56
Life expectancy at birth, years	75.3	59.7
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.3	0.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	17.6	1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.8	0
International tourism, number of arrivals	8.5M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Kuwait	Nauru
Central government debt, % of GDP	14.8%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	14.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	43.2%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	25.2%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$40.3B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	-$21.4M	$0

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Kuwait	Nauru
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	56.7%	48.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	43.8%	101.7%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	$24B	$8.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	38.6%	96.8%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$1.6M	$23.7M
Personal remittances received	$27.7M	$6.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	59.6%	5.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	0.4%	3.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	52%	85%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	50.9%	N/A