Kuwait vs Qatar: Total reserves (gold at market value)
Kuwait
37.78 billion SDR
in 2025
Qatar
40.78 billion SDR
in 2025
Kuwait rank
49th
Qatar rank
47th
Total reserves (gold at market value) over time
- Kuwait
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 40.78 billion SDR against 37.78 billion SDR in Kuwait, a difference of 3.00 billion SDR.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 49th and Qatar ranks 47th of 188 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 182.13 million SDR | 12.29 million SDR | 169.84 million SDR | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 1.51 billion SDR | 112.11 million SDR | 1.40 billion SDR | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 4.66 billion SDR | 681.46 million SDR | 3.97 billion SDR | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 3.43 billion SDR | 692.92 million SDR | 2.74 billion SDR | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 8.93 billion SDR | 3.87 billion SDR | 5.06 billion SDR | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 23.63 billion SDR | 22.16 billion SDR | 1.47 billion SDR | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 37.91 billion SDR | 35.80 billion SDR | 2.11 billion SDR | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves (gold at market value), Kuwait or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 40.78 billion SDR against 37.78 billion SDR in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in total reserves (gold at market value) between Kuwait and Qatar?
- 3.00 billion SDR, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Qatar?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Qatar rank globally for total reserves (gold at market value)?
- Kuwait ranks 49th and Qatar ranks 47th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Total reserves (gold at market value) (SDR). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
International Liquidity (IL) 2026 April