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Kuwait: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1964–2015 · 45 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2015
38.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2014
−14.6 pointsfrom 53.2%
Average, 2006–2015
57.5%10 years
Record high and low
166.5% (1973)low 8.37% (1991)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201538.6
201453.2
201363.8
201265.1
201170.6
201064.3
200957.4
200852.5
200757.9
200652.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1964–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–1998
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2015

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Kuwait documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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