Kuwait vs Zimbabwe: Economic Indicators Comparison

Kuwait with a GDP of $140.6B ranked the 58th largest economy in the world, while Zimbabwe ranked 101st with $31B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Kuwait and Zimbabwe ranked 163rd vs 112th and 30th vs 144th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatKuwaitZimbabwe
GDP$140.6B$31B
GDP growth, 1 year1.7%3.4%
GDP growth, 5-years average0.5%2.6%
Population4.6M16.5M
GDP per capita$34k$2.1k
GDP per capita growth-0.74%4.67%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor0.140.71
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.470.71
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$67k$2.8k
GNI, Atlas method$141.9B$25.8B
GNI per capita$34k$1.8k
GNI, PPP adjusted$348.6B$43.6B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$84k$3k

Financial system and Human development

StatKuwaitZimbabwe
Income Tax Rate0%51.5%
Corporate Tax Rate15%25%
Inflation, consumer prices0.7%10.6%
Inflation, GDP deflator14.6%28%
Unemployment2.1%4.9%
Economic Freedom Index63.243.1
Personal Freedom Index6.245.45
Human Freedom Index6.64.96
Property Rights Index57.133.7
Judical Effectiveness Index4728.3
Business Freedom Index61.339.1
Fiscal Health Index99.636.2
Labor Freedom Index62.243.1
Investment Freedom Index5525
Financial Freedom Index6010
Trade Freedom Index76.470
Monetary Freedom Index73.262.8
Government Spending Index22.488
Tax Burden Index97.762.3
Government Integrity Index4618.9
Corruption Perceptions Index4122
Life expectancy at birth, years75.360.8
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people2.310.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people17.634.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people1.86.7
International tourism, number of arrivals8.5M2.6M

Government debt & reserves

StatKuwaitZimbabwe
Central government debt, % of GDP14.8%29.8%
External debt stocks, % of GNIN/A39.8%
External debt stocksN/A$12.3B
Short-term debt, % of total reservesN/A3880.6%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary incomeN/A11.7%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI14.6%-22.2%
Gross savings, % of GDP43.2%-3.4%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP25.2%12.6%
Total reserves including gold$40.3B$87M
Foreign direct investment net inflows-$21.4M$744.6M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatKuwaitZimbabwe
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP56.7%22.9%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP43.8%25.5%
Current account balance (balance of payments)$24B-$307.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP38.6%16.9%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$1.6M$737.1M
Personal remittances received$27.7M$1.9B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP59.6%32.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP0.4%12.1%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$4.3M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$2.4M
Expense, % of GDP52%26.6%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP50.9%20%

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

Zimbabwe vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k
Papua New Guinea
$2.7k
8.25M
Vietnam
$2.6k
94.7M
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M