Kuwait vs the United States: Economic Indicators Comparison

The United States with a GDP of $20.5T ranked the 1st largest economy in the world, while Kuwait ranked 58th with $140.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the United States and Kuwait ranked 113th vs 163rd and 11th vs 30th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatKuwaitUnited States
GDP$140.6B$20.5T
GDP growth, 1 year1.7%2.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average0.5%2.4%
Population4.6M325.1M
GDP per capita$34k$63k
GDP per capita growth-0.74%2.29%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor0.141
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.471
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$67k$63k
GNI, Atlas method$141.9B$20.6T
GNI per capita$34k$63k
GNI, PPP adjusted$348.6B$20.8T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$84k$64k

Financial system and Human development

StatKuwaitUnited States
Income Tax Rate0%37%
Corporate Tax Rate15%21%
Inflation, consumer prices0.7%2.4%
Inflation, GDP deflator14.6%2.4%
Unemployment2.1%3.9%
Economic Freedom Index63.276.6
Personal Freedom Index6.248.55
Human Freedom Index6.68.39
Property Rights Index57.181.8
Judical Effectiveness Index4783.7
Business Freedom Index61.383.3
Fiscal Health Index99.654.3
Labor Freedom Index62.287.9
Investment Freedom Index5585
Financial Freedom Index6080
Trade Freedom Index76.479.8
Monetary Freedom Index73.275.5
Government Spending Index22.456.5
Tax Burden Index97.774.6
Government Integrity Index4677.2
Corruption Perceptions Index4171
Life expectancy at birth, years75.378.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people2.315.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people17.612.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people1.85.3
International tourism, number of arrivals8.5M79.7M

Government debt & reserves

StatKuwaitUnited States
Central government debt, % of GDP14.8%105.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNIN/AN/A
External debt stocksN/AN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reservesN/AN/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary incomeN/AN/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI14.6%6.1%
Gross savings, % of GDP43.2%18.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP25.2%21%
Total reserves including gold$40.3B$449.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows-$21.4M$258.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatKuwaitUnited States
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP56.7%12.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP43.8%15.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)$24B-$491B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP38.6%17.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.6MN/A
Personal remittances received$27.7M$6.7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP59.6%18.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP0.4%0.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$56.1B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$128.7B
Expense, % of GDP52%22.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP50.9%38.1%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Kuwait vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
Germany
$48k
83.1M
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
United Kingdom
$43k
66M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k
South Korea
$31k
51.5M
Spain
$30k
46.7M
Malta
$30k
465k
Cyprus
$28k
1.14M
Slovenia
$26k
2.07M
Taiwan
$25k
23.6M
Bahrain
$24k
1.49M
Portugal
$23k
10.6M
Saudi Arabia
$23k
33M
Estonia
$23k
1.32M
Czech Republic
$23k
10.7M
Vatican City
$21k
1k
Greece
$20k
10.8M

United States vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Monaco
$186k
38.7k
Liechtenstein
$165k
37.9k
Luxembourg
$117k
626k
Switzerland
$83k
8.47M
Norway
$82k
5.37M
Cayman Islands
$81k
58.4k
Ireland
$79k
4.76M
Iceland
$73k
357k
Qatar
$69k
2.64M
Singapore
$65k
5.89M
Denmark
$61k
5.83M
Australia
$57k
24.5M
Sweden
$55k
10.3M
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
Germany
$48k
83.1M
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
United Kingdom
$43k
66M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k