Arab Country Profiles
Kuwait
- Country name : State of Kuwait
- Capital : Kuwait City
- Area : 17,818 km²
- Population : 4,185,790 (2018)
- Population growth rate : 2.07% (2017)
- Life expectancy at birth : 78.2 years (2017)
- Age structure : 0-14 years : 25.02% - 15-64 years : 72.44% - 65 years and over : 2.54%
- Urbanisation : 98.36% (2016)
- Labour force : 2.695 million (2017)
- Gross Domestic Product : $302.5 billion (2017)
- GDP – real growth rate : 2.9% (2018)
- GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 0.4% - industry : 58.7% - services : 40.09%
- GDP – per capita : $69,700 (2017)
- Natural resources : petroleum, gas, fish, shrimp
- Industries : petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, food processing, construction materials
- Industrial production growth rate : -1.5% (2017)
- Land use : arable land : 0.6% - permanent crops : 0.3% - other : 99,1%
- Agricultural products : fish
- Exports in general : $54.09 billion (2017)
- Exports to Belgium : $37.8 million (2017)
- Exports – commodities : oil and refined products, fertilisers
- Exports – partners : South Korea (16.8%),China (14.4),Japan (9.6), India (9.2), US (7.5) (2017)
- Imports in general : $29.36 billion (2017)
- Imports from Belgium : $271.7 million (2017)
- Imports – commodities : food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing
- Imports – partners : US (9.5%), China (13), Saudi Arabia (7.6), Japan (6.4), Germany (5) (2017)
- Current account balance : -$0.7 billion (2017)
- Budget : revenues : $52.87 billion - expenditures : $61.39 billion (2017)
- Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : $33.13 billion (31 December 2017)
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