Liquid liabilities to GDP in Kuwait
Kuwait: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 91.7% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Kuwait, 1965–2018
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 91.7% for liquid liabilities to gdp in 2018.
The figure is down 8.7% on the previous year and up 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Kuwait peaked at 192.2% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 18.0%, in 1974.
Kuwait ranks 54th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.1% | 28.8% | 40.6% | 5 |
| 1970s | 32.6% | 18.0% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.9% | 36.9% | 98.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 100.7% | 77.7% | 192.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 68.4% | 54.0% | 86.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.3% | 60.6% | 107.5% | 9 |
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More financial sector data for Kuwait
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 4.9% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 8.41 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 46.30 billion current LCU (2025)
- Net foreign assets 28.58 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 4.9% (2025)
- Broad money 87.4% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -16.9% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 4.9% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 0.3065 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 42,775 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Kuwait?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Kuwait was 91.7% in 2018, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 192.2% in 1991.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.0% in 1974.
- How does Kuwait rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Kuwait ranks 54th out of 184 countries with data for 2018.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.