Kuwait - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Kuwait was 5.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.98 in 1986 and a minimum value of 3.16 in 2006.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1970 4.72
1971 4.45
1972 5.44
1973 6.44
1974 4.97
1975 7.96
1976 9.51
1977 10.85
1978 10.63
1979 9.49
1980 10.38
1981 15.03
1982 22.45
1983 19.16
1984 15.83
1986 87.98
1987 82.56
1988 86.78
1989 85.02
1990 6.38
1991 18.84
1992 4.79
1993 4.28
1994 5.49
1995 4.73
1996 3.94
1997 4.21
1998 9.89
1999 8.50
2000 4.48
2001 5.22
2002 5.62
2003 4.68
2004 4.10
2006 3.16
2007 3.29
2008 3.17
2009 6.22
2010 6.56
2011 4.62
2013 5.14
2014 4.14
2015 6.09
2016 5.77
2017 5.05
2018 7.81
2019 4.72
2020 5.87

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports