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Kuwait

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Kuwait is a country. The capital city is Kuwait City, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 17,820 km², a population of 4,853,420 people and uses the currency Kuwaiti dinar. The Emir is Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Key facts

currency: Kuwaiti dinar
capital city: Kuwait City
region: Western Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 17,820 km²
population: 4,853,420 people
political leader: Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Emir)

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expense: 34.55 % of GDP
GDP: 163,704,878,875.85 current US$
inflation: 3.64 annual %
self-employed workers: 1.95 % of total employment
tax revenue: 1.49 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.13 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 1.25 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 25,000 people
democracy score: 3.85
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 99.70 % of population
military expenditure: 4.90 % of GDP
net migration: 50,008 people
press freedom: 2.31
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 3.08 %
birth rate: 9.73 per 1,000 people
death rate: 2.61 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,860.78 current US$
health expenditure: 5.78 % of GDP
hospital beds: 2.35 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 80
suicide mortality rate: 2.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 1,500.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 111.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 36.42 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 63.58 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
net energy imports: -391.06 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.09 births per woman
forest area: 62 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.69 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 167.92 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 30.50
methane emissions: 39.48 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 1,885,194 people
male population: 2,968,226 people
renewable energy consumption: 0.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 16,647.65 km²
rural population: 0 people
urban land area: 772.94 km²
urban population: 4,853,420 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.91 % of total population

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Location on a map: 29°50′N, 45°75′E

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Kuwait is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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Distribution of universities in Kuwait per foundation year

Distribution of competitions in Kuwait by start date

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Kuwait

Distribution of artists from Kuwait by birth year

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Kuwait with forecast

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Kuwait with forecast

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Kuwait with forecast

Evolution of historical unemployment in Kuwait with forecast

Map of the distribution of wildfires in Kuwait by mean width

Map of the distribution of cities in Kuwait by population

Map of the distribution of sites in Kuwait by area

Map of the distribution of universities in Kuwait by total students

Share of athletes per gender in Kuwait

Share of medals won by Kuwait in the Olympics

Share of company types in Kuwait

Share of employee types in companies from Kuwait

Correlation of employees and revenues of companies in Kuwait

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP by countries yearly in Kuwait

Correlation of methane emissions and urban land area by countries yearly in Kuwait

Correlation of life expectancy and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in Kuwait

In literature

There are 81 books written about Kuwait in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders.

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