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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Kuwait

Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Kuwait was 16.7% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 1.4 pts from 2023. That is the 132nd highest of 164 countries in 2024.

2024, % of GDP16.7
Change on 2023-1.4 pts
Rank132nd of 164Countries ranked
Series high39.31991
Series low5.81974

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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Kuwait, 1965 to 2024

01020304019651972197919861993201520241965: 12.7 % of GDP1966: 15.8 % of GDP1967: 18.7 % of GDP1968: 16.5 % of GDP1969: 17.2 % of GDP1970: 12.3 % of GDP1971: 9.2 % of GDP1972: 8.7 % of GDP1973: 9.1 % of GDP1974: 5.8 % of GDP1975: 12 % of GDP1976: 14.7 % of GDP1977: 20.1 % of GDP1978: 18.6 % of GDP1979: 11.5 % of GDP1980: 12.6 % of GDP1981: 15.4 % of GDP1982: 23.1 % of GDP1983: 25.1 % of GDP1984: 21.2 % of GDP1985: 19.8 % of GDP1986: 21.7 % of GDP1987: 16.9 % of GDP1988: 13.7 % of GDP1989: 10.8 % of GDP1990: 18 % of GDP1991: 39.3 % of GDP1992: 19.9 % of GDP1993: 15.1 % of GDP1994: 13.3 % of GDP2010: 16.7 % of GDP2011: 12.8 % of GDP2012: 12.1 % of GDP2013: 13.7 % of GDP2014: 16.4 % of GDP2015: 25.5 % of GDP2016: 29.3 % of GDP2017: 27 % of GDP2018: 24.7 % of GDP2019: 22.7 % of GDP2020: 20 % of GDP2021: 15.6 % of GDP2022: 16.1 % of GDP2023: 18.2 % of GDP2024: 16.7 % of GDP01020304019651980201020241965: 12.7 % of GDP1966: 15.8 % of GDP1967: 18.7 % of GDP1968: 16.5 % of GDP1969: 17.2 % of GDP1970: 12.3 % of GDP1971: 9.2 % of GDP1972: 8.7 % of GDP1973: 9.1 % of GDP1974: 5.8 % of GDP1975: 12 % of GDP1976: 14.7 % of GDP1977: 20.1 % of GDP1978: 18.6 % of GDP1979: 11.5 % of GDP1980: 12.6 % of GDP1981: 15.4 % of GDP1982: 23.1 % of GDP1983: 25.1 % of GDP1984: 21.2 % of GDP1985: 19.8 % of GDP1986: 21.7 % of GDP1987: 16.9 % of GDP1988: 13.7 % of GDP1989: 10.8 % of GDP1990: 18 % of GDP1991: 39.3 % of GDP1992: 19.9 % of GDP1993: 15.1 % of GDP1994: 13.3 % of GDP2010: 16.7 % of GDP2011: 12.8 % of GDP2012: 12.1 % of GDP2013: 13.7 % of GDP2014: 16.4 % of GDP2015: 25.5 % of GDP2016: 29.3 % of GDP2017: 27 % of GDP2018: 24.7 % of GDP2019: 22.7 % of GDP2020: 20 % of GDP2021: 15.6 % of GDP2022: 16.1 % of GDP2023: 18.2 % of GDP2024: 16.7 % of GDP
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-08.
All 45 values
Period% of GDP
202416.7
202318.2
202216.1
202115.6
202020
201922.7
201824.7
201727
201629.3
201525.5
201416.4
201313.7
201212.1
201112.8
201016.7
199413.3
199315.1
199219.9
199139.3
199018
198910.8
198813.7
198716.9
198621.7
198519.8
198421.2
198325.1
198223.1
198115.4
198012.6
197911.5
197818.6
197720.1
197614.7
197512
19745.8
19739.1
19728.7
19719.2
197012.3
196917.2
196816.5
196718.7
196615.8
196512.7

Kuwait compared with nearby places

Afghanistan: 17 % of GDPAlbania: 24.4 % of GDPArmenia: 21.4 % of GDPAngola: 10.6 % of GDPArgentina: 15.9 % of GDPAustria: 23.5 % of GDPAustralia: 24.1 % of GDPAzerbaijan: 17.6 % of GDPBosnia and Herzegovina: 24.4 % of GDPBangladesh: 30.7 % of GDPBelgium: 24.3 % of GDPBurkina Faso: 17.2 % of GDPBulgaria: 18.3 % of GDPBenin: 34.7 % of GDPBrunei: 27.7 % of GDPBolivia: 16.6 % of GDPBrazil: 16.9 % of GDPBahamas: 25.7 % of GDPBhutan: 42.1 % of GDPBotswana: 28.5 % of GDPBelarus: 23.5 % of GDPBelize: 21.1 % of GDPCanada: 22.9 % of GDPDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 31.4 % of GDPCentral African Republic: 15.1 % of GDPRepublic of the Congo: 26.5 % of GDPSwitzerland: 26.5 % of GDPCôte d’Ivoire: 19.7 % of GDPChile: 23.7 % of GDPCameroon: 18.2 % of GDPChina: 39.7 % of GDPColombia: 16.2 % of GDPCosta Rica: 16.3 % of GDPCuba: 12.8 % of GDPCyprus: 20.5 % of GDPCzechia: 26.5 % of GDPGermany: 20.5 % of GDPDjibouti: 24.2 % of GDPDenmark: 23.3 % of GDPDominican Republic: 26.1 % of GDPAlgeria: 35.2 % of GDPEcuador: 19 % of GDPEstonia: 23.9 % of GDPEgypt: 11.7 % of GDPSpain: 20.3 % of GDPEthiopia: 20.6 % of GDPFinland: 22.1 % of GDPFiji: 20.1 % of GDPFrance: 22.1 % of GDPGabon: 19.1 % of GDPUnited Kingdom: 18.7 % of GDPGeorgia: 21.3 % of GDPGhana: 9.7 % of GDPGambia: 29.9 % of GDPGuinea: 33.2 % of GDPEquatorial Guinea: 6.5 % of GDPGreece: 16 % of GDPGuatemala: 16 % of GDPGuinea-Bissau: 23.3 % of GDPHong Kong: 16.6 % of GDPHonduras: 24.2 % of GDPCroatia: 25.2 % of GDPHaiti: 12.1 % of GDPHungary: 23.2 % of GDPIndonesia: 29.1 % of GDPIreland: 17.3 % of GDPIsrael: 23.1 % of GDPIndia: 31.6 % of GDPIraq: 14.4 % of GDPIran: 28.1 % of GDPIceland: 26.8 % of GDPItaly: 21.5 % of GDPJapan: 27.8 % of GDPKenya: 17.6 % of GDPKyrgyzstan: 23.3 % of GDPCambodia: 31.6 % of GDPKiribati: 29 % of GDPSouth Korea: 30 % of GDPKuwait: 16.7 % of GDPKazakhstan: 24.3 % of GDPLebanon: 1.4 % of GDPSri Lanka: 19.1 % of GDPLesotho: 29.3 % of GDPLithuania: 22.4 % of GDPLuxembourg: 15.4 % of GDPLatvia: 22.2 % of GDPLibya: 14.3 % of GDPMorocco: 26.5 % of GDPMoldova: 20.5 % of GDPMontenegro: 21.1 % of GDPMadagascar: 20.4 % of GDPNorth Macedonia: 23.5 % of GDPMali: 20.9 % of GDPMongolia: 27.2 % of GDPMauritania: 25.8 % of GDPMauritius: 21 % of GDPMexico: 23.8 % of GDPMalaysia: 20.5 % of GDPNamibia: 24 % of GDPNew Caledonia: 22.1 % of GDPNiger: 22.4 % of GDPNicaragua: 23 % of GDPNetherlands: 19.9 % of GDPNorway: 22.9 % of GDPNepal: 24.5 % of GDPNew Zealand: 23.4 % of GDPOman: 25.5 % of GDPPanama: 31.4 % of GDPPeru: 20.6 % of GDPFrench Polynesia: 21.9 % of GDPPhilippines: 23.6 % of GDPPakistan: 11.5 % of GDPPoland: 17 % of GDPPuerto Rico: 13.7 % of GDPPalestine: 22.1 % of GDPPortugal: 20.4 % of GDPPalau: 35.8 % of GDPParaguay: 20.8 % of GDPRomania: 25.3 % of GDPSerbia: 23.8 % of GDPRussia: 22.4 % of GDPRwanda: 32.9 % of GDPSaudi Arabia: 30.6 % of GDPSolomon Islands: 19.5 % of GDPSudan: 2.9 % of GDPSweden: 25.1 % of GDPSingapore: 21 % of GDPSlovenia: 20.9 % of GDPSlovakia: 20.4 % of GDPSierra Leone: 19.6 % of GDPSenegal: 31.1 % of GDPSomalia: 26.7 % of GDPEl Salvador: 22.8 % of GDPEswatini: 16.1 % of GDPChad: 15.5 % of GDPThailand: 22.1 % of GDPTajikistan: 30.2 % of GDPTimor-Leste: 27 % of GDPTurkmenistan: 17.6 % of GDPTunisia: 15.2 % of GDPTürkiye: 31.3 % of GDPTanzania: 41.1 % of GDPUkraine: 18.5 % of GDPUganda: 21.6 % of GDPUnited States: 21.3 % of GDPUruguay: 16.3 % of GDPUzbekistan: 35.3 % of GDPVenezuela: 3.8 % of GDPVietnam: 29 % of GDPVanuatu: 24.4 % of GDPSamoa: 27.8 % of GDPSouth Africa: 14.5 % of GDPZambia: 21.6 % of GDPZimbabwe: 7.9 % of GDP
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Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, 2024, % of GDP. Kuwait is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: World Bank. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets, such as buildings, machinery, equipment and intellectual property, plus certain spending that adds to the value of non-produced assets such as land, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.

Current prices, so the share moves with relative prices as well as volumes. Countries that rebase their national accounts can shift it by several points. The latest year varies by country.

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World Bank. (2026). Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS) (Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Kuwait, 1965 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS

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Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS), Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Kuwait, 1965 to 2024. World Bank, 8 Oct. 2026, https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/kuwait. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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World Bank. 2026. Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP, Kuwait, 1965 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/gross-fixed-capital-formation-gdp/kuwait.

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What is the gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Kuwait?

Gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Kuwait was 16.7% of GDP in 2024, according to the World Bank. That is down 1.4 pts from 2023. That is the 132nd highest of 164 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

World Bank. Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) (NE.GDI.FTOT.ZS). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest gross fixed capital formation, share of GDP in Kuwait?

39.3% of GDP in 1991, the highest value since 1965 in this series.

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