# Trade as a share of GDP in Kuwait

Trade as a share of GDP in Kuwait was 94% in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `trade_share_gdp`
- Place id: `kw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Sum of exports and imports of goods and services, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank series.
- Note: Can exceed 100%, because exports and imports are both counted against GDP, which is only value added. Small open economies with large re-export or transit trade reach several hundred percent.
- Source: World Bank, Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Trade, % of GDP (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/trade-share-gdp/kuwait
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=trade_share_gdp&place=kw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 94 |
| 2023 | 96 |
| 2022 | 90.9 |
| 2021 | 82 |
| 2020 | 82 |
| 2019 | 91.7 |
| 2018 | 102.8 |
| 2017 | 97.8 |
| 2016 | 96.2 |
| 2015 | 98.7 |
| 2014 | 100 |
| 2013 | 97.6 |
| 2012 | 101 |
| 2011 | 99.1 |
| 2010 | 97 |
| 2009 | 88.8 |
| 2008 | 92.7 |
| 2007 | 91.7 |
| 2006 | 89.7 |
| 2005 | 92.2 |
| 2004 | 89.3 |
| 2003 | 86.6 |
| 2002 | 81.2 |
| 2001 | 86.9 |
| 2000 | 86.6 |
| 1999 | 85.4 |
| 1998 | 95 |
| 1997 | 92.4 |
| 1996 | 91.5 |
| 1995 | 94.3 |
| 1994 | 93.2 |
| 1993 | 92.1 |
| 1992 | 94.7 |
| 1991 | 142.6 |
| 1990 | 103 |
| 1989 | 93.8 |
| 1988 | 90.5 |
| 1987 | 89.7 |
| 1986 | 94.2 |
| 1985 | 96.4 |
| 1984 | 104.8 |
| 1983 | 108.5 |
| 1982 | 106.9 |
| 1981 | 108 |
| 1980 | 112.6 |
| 1979 | 106.8 |
| 1978 | 110.4 |
| 1977 | 115.5 |
| 1976 | 110.5 |
| 1975 | 106.5 |
| 1974 | 98.8 |
| 1973 | 94.1 |
| 1972 | 89.3 |
| 1971 | 85 |
| 1970 | 83.9 |
| 1969 | 92.4 |
| 1968 | 87.8 |
| 1967 | 88 |
| 1966 | 90 |
| 1965 | 90.8 |