🇰🇼 Kuwait
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Capital: Kuwait City
Money8.3 / 10
Safety8.1 / 10
Health6.6 / 10
Quality of life7.4 / 10
Passport5.2 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money8.3 / 10
Purchasing power1801 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$56,46844 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$41,11033 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2024
GDP growth2.7 %126 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation2.4 %75 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment2.2 %20 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Reserves$52B48 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power1762 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety8.1 / 10
Safety (survey)67.627 of 89Numbeo
Crime32.436 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k0.256 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2020
✚Health6.6 / 10
Health care (survey)58.665 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted10568 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy84.6 yr4 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10007.060 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$1,67948 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending5.0 % GDP128 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10002.382 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2020
Hospital beds per 10002.386 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2020
☀Quality of life7.4 / 10
Quality of life15934 of 89Numbeo
Pollution74.292 of 115Numbeo
Purity13422 of 115Numbeo
Climate20.289 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time34.745 of 89Numbeo
Internet users100 %3 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2025
Education spending6.4 % GDP20 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Urban population100 %6 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio6.16 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income3.836 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$90B52 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2024
Imports of goods and services$62B62 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2024
Trade to GDP94.0 %74 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2024
Foreign direct investment$413,089,669126 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism2.2M ppl61 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2020
☗People and environment
Population4.9M127 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth-0.65 %204 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.6140 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10016820 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2023
Access to electricity100 %61 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita23.7 t200 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy0.10 %203 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending4.8 % GDP145 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport5.2 / 10
No visa needed in advance98 of 19896 of 199
Visa free57 of 198
Visa on arrival37 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)4 of 198
E-visa24 of 198
Visa required76 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not