Kuwait: Exchange rate regimes

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 Kuwait

Exchange rate regimes

 Latest value 6
 Year 2022
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1999 - 2022
 Average 4
 Min - Max 3 - 6
 Source International Monetary Fund
The latest value from 2022 is 6 index points, unchanged from 6 index points in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 5 index points, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Kuwait from 1999 to 2022 is 4 index points. The minimum value, 3 index points, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 6 index points was recorded in 2008. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Kuwait - Exchange rate regimes - Recent values chart

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Kuwait - Exchange rate regimes - historical chart - 1999-2022




Definition: The data are from the IMF Annual Reports on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. A higher value of the index indicates more exchange rate flexibility: 1 = the country has no independent legal tender; 2 = currency board; 3 = conventional peg; 4 = target zone; 5 = crawling peg; 6 = other managed exchange rate regimes; 7 = floating regime. The IMF categorization does not include currency unions. Instead, it assigns to the member country the regime of the union it is a part of. For example, all EMU members are assigned a floating exchange rate regime. The data begin with the latest change of the IMF categorization in 2008.

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