Kuwait: Nonbank financial institutions assets to GDP

The latest value from 2018 is 2.71 percent, a decline from 3.28 percent in 2017. In comparison, the world average is 18.10 percent, based on data from 62 countries. Historically, the average for Kuwait from 1976 to 2018 is 5.56 percent. The minimum value, 1.02 percent, was reached in 1976 while the maximum of 16.52 percent was recorded in 1991. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: ...Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by other financial institutions as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is other financial institutions' claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the IMF’s International Financial Statistics.