Kuwait - Merchandise imports

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 20.74 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 20.74 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.03 in 1991.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1973 8.62
1974 6.81
1975 4.25
1976 2.54
1977 2.37
1978 3.54
1979 3.80
1980 3.66
1981 3.29
1982 3.22
1983 4.51
1984 5.16
1985 5.11
1986 6.85
1987 10.58
1988 13.12
1989 12.57
1990 0.05
1991 0.03
1992 0.04
1993 8.13
1994 11.96
1995 12.24
1996 12.34
1997 13.14
1998 12.26
1999 13.37
2000 14.86
2001 13.93
2002 13.91
2003 13.94
2004 15.55
2005 16.99
2006 17.79
2007 13.12
2008 15.21
2009 13.90
2010 13.68
2011 17.00
2012 17.97
2013 18.84
2014 19.60
2015 18.81
2016 18.53
2017 18.54
2018 17.89
2019 19.52
2020 20.74

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Kuwait was 27,738,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,864,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 242,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1960 242,000,000
1961 249,000,000
1962 285,000,000
1963 324,000,000
1964 322,000,000
1965 377,000,000
1966 463,000,000
1967 593,000,000
1968 611,000,000
1969 646,000,000
1970 625,000,000
1971 652,000,000
1972 797,000,000
1973 1,049,000,000
1974 1,554,000,000
1975 2,388,000,000
1976 3,327,000,000
1977 4,846,000,000
1978 4,598,000,000
1979 5,201,000,000
1980 6,530,000,000
1981 6,978,000,000
1982 8,282,000,000
1983 7,373,000,000
1984 6,896,000,000
1985 6,005,000,000
1986 5,717,000,000
1987 5,493,000,000
1988 6,143,000,000
1989 6,295,000,000
1990 3,972,000,000
1991 4,761,000,000
1992 7,261,000,000
1993 7,036,000,000
1994 6,697,000,000
1995 7,790,000,000
1996 8,373,000,000
1997 8,246,000,000
1998 8,619,000,000
1999 7,617,000,000
2000 7,157,000,000
2001 7,869,000,000
2002 9,001,000,000
2003 10,987,000,000
2004 12,631,000,000
2005 15,801,000,000
2006 17,243,000,000
2007 21,362,000,000
2008 24,840,000,000
2009 19,892,000,000
2010 22,675,000,000
2011 25,090,000,000
2012 27,259,000,000
2013 29,299,000,000
2014 31,021,000,000
2015 30,963,000,000
2016 30,825,000,000
2017 33,573,000,000
2018 35,864,000,000
2019 33,574,000,000
2020 27,738,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 62.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 87.05 in 1993, while its lowest value was 56.03 in 2018.

Definition: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 72.92
1964 73.55
1966 77.30
1967 78.29
1968 73.57
1969 74.83
1970 74.96
1971 74.83
1972 74.97
1973 74.70
1974 76.75
1975 83.61
1976 83.89
1977 83.36
1978 83.55
1979 83.24
1980 85.83
1981 85.96
1982 87.01
1983 85.98
1984 85.07
1985 81.16
1986 79.94
1987 77.76
1988 75.73
1989 75.47
1990 66.76
1991 81.65
1992 71.07
1993 87.05
1994 80.23
1995 81.74
1996 79.22
1997 81.48
1998 80.55
1999 79.37
2000 76.77
2001 76.15
2002 75.20
2003 75.14
2004 69.75
2005 69.86
2006 70.42
2007 69.51
2008 65.97
2009 67.13
2010 67.28
2011 65.69
2012 67.05
2013 67.59
2014 66.48
2015 63.53
2016 65.24
2017 64.79
2018 56.03
2019 62.09
2020 62.22

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 37.62 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 37.82 in 2019, while its lowest value was 6.07 in 1991.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 11.95
1964 16.09
1966 18.05
1967 17.13
1968 22.66
1969 21.51
1970 21.05
1971 20.86
1972 21.62
1973 20.22
1974 18.12
1975 12.39
1976 12.07
1977 12.05
1978 12.36
1979 12.21
1980 10.61
1981 10.43
1982 9.76
1983 10.85
1984 11.45
1985 12.21
1986 12.83
1987 16.39
1988 18.62
1989 19.67
1990 11.41
1991 6.07
1992 10.58
1993 11.66
1994 18.01
1995 17.25
1996 18.17
1997 18.41
1998 19.43
1999 20.61
2000 21.99
2001 22.64
2002 23.58
2003 23.68
2004 29.36
2005 29.15
2006 28.58
2007 29.48
2008 33.11
2009 31.93
2010 31.78
2011 32.23
2012 31.45
2013 31.35
2014 32.63
2015 36.41
2016 34.64
2017 35.04
2018 34.95
2019 37.82
2020 37.62

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 20.97 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 22.34 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.90 in 1963.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 0.90
1964 1.83
1966 3.88
1967 3.57
1968 4.41
1969 4.35
1970 3.99
1971 4.24
1972 4.03
1973 4.39
1974 4.42
1975 2.41
1976 2.78
1977 3.16
1978 2.66
1979 3.16
1980 3.02
1981 2.87
1982 2.51
1983 2.47
1984 2.48
1985 2.80
1986 3.06
1987 4.18
1988 5.62
1989 6.46
1990 5.29
1991 3.04
1992 4.52
1993 4.10
1994 6.21
1995 6.20
1996 6.61
1997 6.64
1998 6.49
1999 7.45
2000 8.37
2001 8.65
2002 9.40
2003 9.52
2004 14.25
2005 13.76
2006 13.28
2007 15.41
2008 16.96
2009 16.59
2010 16.42
2011 19.17
2012 18.37
2013 17.96
2014 19.23
2015 21.92
2016 20.02
2017 20.76
2018 18.57
2019 22.34
2020 20.97

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 3.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 3.36 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.22 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1966 0.22
1967 0.27
1968 0.70
1969 0.48
1970 0.64
1971 0.92
1972 0.84
1973 0.88
1974 0.76
1975 0.73
1976 0.77
1977 0.65
1978 0.87
1979 0.88
1980 0.83
1981 1.01
1982 1.31
1983 1.62
1984 2.12
1985 2.26
1986 2.51
1987 2.94
1988 2.92
1989 2.76
1990 2.49
1991 0.38
1992 1.24
1993 1.84
1994 2.54
1995 2.14
1996 1.92
1997 1.92
1998 1.61
1999 1.70
2000 1.81
2001 1.89
2002 2.38
2003 2.48
2004 2.66
2005 2.61
2006 2.39
2007 2.04
2008 2.84
2009 2.70
2010 2.74
2011 2.48
2012 2.45
2013 2.48
2014 2.60
2015 2.63
2016 2.31
2017 2.36
2018 2.56
2019 2.69
2020 3.36

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 3.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 3.28 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.04 in 1966.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1966 0.04
1967 0.05
1968 0.41
1969 0.29
1970 0.32
1971 0.25
1972 0.63
1973 0.54
1974 0.54
1975 0.73
1976 0.35
1977 0.47
1978 0.37
1979 0.43
1980 0.53
1981 0.82
1982 0.60
1983 0.42
1984 0.62
1985 0.80
1986 0.91
1987 0.87
1988 1.47
1989 1.32
1990 1.01
1991 0.59
1992 1.22
1993 1.07
1994 1.12
1995 1.55
1996 1.50
1997 2.03
1998 2.33
1999 1.70
2000 2.01
2001 2.40
2002 1.99
2003 2.18
2004 2.38
2005 2.08
2006 1.70
2007 2.29
2008 2.21
2009 2.13
2010 2.12
2011 2.24
2012 2.56
2013 2.55
2014 1.89
2015 2.16
2016 2.09
2017 2.11
2018 2.39
2019 2.22
2020 3.28

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 3.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 10.50 in 1968, while its lowest value was 0.32 in 1990.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 6.52
1964 9.30
1966 7.99
1967 8.27
1968 10.50
1969 8.88
1970 9.66
1971 9.41
1972 10.10
1973 8.76
1974 6.88
1975 4.30
1976 2.75
1977 2.53
1978 3.57
1979 3.23
1980 2.62
1981 2.55
1982 2.42
1983 3.26
1984 3.16
1985 3.42
1986 3.52
1987 5.19
1988 5.88
1989 5.39
1990 0.32
1991 0.46
1992 0.56
1993 2.45
1994 4.19
1995 3.59
1996 3.50
1997 3.40
1998 3.63
1999 4.24
2000 4.53
2001 4.35
2002 4.49
2003 4.17
2004 4.37
2005 4.88
2006 5.35
2007 4.21
2008 3.76
2009 2.98
2010 2.98
2011 2.83
2012 2.81
2013 2.93
2014 3.20
2015 3.47
2016 3.18
2017 3.12
2018 3.11
2019 3.34
2020 3.66

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 5.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 6.73 in 1969, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1991.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 4.54
1964 4.96
1966 5.46
1967 4.60
1968 6.09
1969 6.73
1970 6.14
1971 4.89
1972 4.89
1973 4.45
1974 4.36
1975 3.89
1976 5.17
1977 4.86
1978 4.59
1979 4.21
1980 3.47
1981 3.04
1982 2.81
1983 2.92
1984 2.91
1985 2.81
1986 2.69
1987 3.09
1988 2.54
1989 3.53
1990 2.25
1991 1.58
1992 3.01
1993 2.12
1994 3.52
1995 3.49
1996 3.85
1997 4.05
1998 4.22
1999 4.58
2000 4.65
2001 4.76
2002 4.80
2003 4.69
2004 5.15
2005 5.18
2006 5.10
2007 4.86
2008 6.49
2009 6.63
2010 6.62
2011 4.99
2012 4.71
2013 4.80
2014 5.04
2015 5.43
2016 6.45
2017 6.08
2018 5.77
2019 6.59
2020 5.66

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 0.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 54 years was 2.56 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1991.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1966 0.45
1967 0.37
1968 0.56
1969 0.77
1970 0.29
1971 1.15
1972 1.14
1973 1.20
1974 1.15
1975 0.33
1976 0.26
1977 0.38
1978 0.32
1979 0.29
1980 0.14
1981 0.14
1982 0.11
1983 0.15
1984 0.16
1985 0.12
1986 0.15
1987 0.12
1988 0.19
1989 0.20
1990 0.05
1991 0.01
1992 0.03
1993 0.08
1994 0.43
1995 0.28
1996 0.78
1997 0.37
1998 1.16
1999 0.94
2000 0.62
2001 0.61
2002 0.52
2003 0.64
2004 0.55
2005 0.64
2006 0.75
2007 0.67
2008 0.85
2009 0.89
2010 0.89
2011 0.52
2012 0.56
2013 0.61
2014 0.66
2015 0.79
2016 0.58
2017 0.61
2018 2.56
2019 0.63
2020 0.69

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Kuwait was 0.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 21.83 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1999.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 15.13
1964 10.36
1966 4.66
1967 4.58
1968 3.77
1969 3.67
1970 3.99
1971 4.31
1972 3.41
1973 5.07
1974 5.13
1975 4.00
1976 4.03
1977 4.59
1978 4.09
1979 4.55
1980 3.56
1981 3.60
1982 3.23
1983 3.18
1984 3.48
1985 6.63
1986 7.23
1987 5.85
1988 5.65
1989 4.86
1990 21.83
1991 12.28
1992 18.35
1993 1.29
1994 1.76
1995 1.01
1996 2.61
1997 0.11
1998 0.02
1999 0.02
2000 1.25
2001 1.21
2002 1.21
2003 1.18
2004 0.89
2005 0.99
2006 1.01
2007 1.01
2008 0.92
2009 0.95
2010 0.94
2011 2.07
2012 1.50
2013 1.06
2014 0.89
2015 0.06
2016 0.12
2017 0.17
2018 9.02
2019 0.09
2020 0.16

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Kuwait was $9,492,190,000 as of 2020. Over the past 57 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $31,558,820,000 in 2014 and $322,500,000 in 1964.

Definition: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year Value
1963 $323,800,000
1964 $322,500,000
1966 $461,600,000
1967 $593,600,000
1968 $612,500,000
1969 $646,300,000
1970 $621,900,000
1971 $650,400,000
1972 $797,400,000
1973 $1,064,200,000
1974 $1,555,900,000
1975 $2,387,900,000
1976 $3,324,200,000
1977 $4,842,600,000
1978 $4,603,800,000
1979 $5,198,300,000
1980 $6,533,400,000
1981 $7,037,900,000
1982 $8,284,500,000
1983 $7,373,400,000
1984 $6,902,200,000
1985 $6,309,804,000
1986 $6,053,012,000
1987 $5,722,423,000
1988 $6,385,994,000
1989 $6,493,624,000
1990 $4,049,000,000
1991 $3,490,600,000
1992 $7,259,100,000
1993 $7,031,956,000
1994 $6,726,413,000
1995 $7,771,348,000
1996 $8,373,797,000
1997 $8,214,544,000
1998 $8,617,236,000
1999 $7,615,617,000
2000 $7,184,322,000
2001 $7,899,294,000
2002 $9,041,457,000
2003 $11,033,430,000
2004 $19,382,420,000
2005 $16,552,990,000
2006 $17,280,300,000
2007 $21,413,000,000
2008 $27,642,540,000
2009 $19,826,620,000
2010 $22,744,080,000
2011 $12,499,910,000
2012 $17,224,430,000
2013 $29,707,820,000
2014 $31,558,820,000
2015 $10,288,800,000
2016 $10,150,130,000
2017 $11,064,480,000
2018 $12,361,990,000
2019 $11,024,200,000
2020 $9,492,190,000

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports