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Kuwait: Imports (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2024 · 63 observations · imports_GDP

2024
40.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+2.1 pointsfrom 38.4%
Average, 2015–2024
40.3%10 years
Record high and low
250.5% (1991)low 13.9% (1974)

Imports (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202440.4
202338.4
202230.5
202130.3
202038.3
201939.6
201845.5
201746.6
201648.5
201544.9

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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