Discount Rate, Percent per annum in Kuwait
Kuwait: Discount Rate, Percent per annum was 3.5 in 2025. βΌ Falling
Discount Rate, Percent per annum in Kuwait, 1975β2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, discount rate, percent per annum in Kuwait stood at 3.5.
The figure is down 12.5% on the previous year and up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, discount rate, percent per annum in Kuwait peaked at 7.5 in 1988 and was at its lowest, 1.5, in 2020.
That places Kuwait 41st out of 70 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5.6 | 5.5 | 6 | 5 |
| 1980s | 6.3 | 6 | 7.5 | 10 |
| 1990s | 7 | 5.75 | 7.5 | 8 |
| 2000s | 4.8 | 3 | 7.25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.42 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.04 | 1.5 | 4.25 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More financial sector data for Kuwait
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 9,517 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.2945 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 15.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 88.87 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 8.10 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 25.92 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 29.68 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 37.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 29.76 billion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 4.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is discount rate, percent per annum in Kuwait?
- Discount rate, percent per annum in Kuwait was 3.5 in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest discount rate, percent per annum recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5 in 1988.
- What is the lowest discount rate, percent per annum recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5 in 2020.
- How does Kuwait rank for discount rate, percent per annum?
- Kuwait ranks 41st out of 70 countries with data for 2025.
- Is discount rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Discount Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.