Kuwait: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Kuwait

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value 28.19
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1975 - 2024
 Average 17.14
 Min - Max -3.79 - 83.14
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 28.19 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 32.05 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 6.57 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 157 countries. Historically, the average for Kuwait from 1975 to 2024 is 17.14 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -3.79 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1992 while the maximum of 83.14 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2012. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Kuwait: Trade balance, in dollars
 2024 28.19
 2023 32.05
 2022 55.01
 2021 28.17
 2020 3.40
 2019 13.18
 2018 16.99
 2017 2.73




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 123.30 2024 percent
 Trade openness 93.99 2024 percent
 Financial openness 1.028 2022 index points
 Exports, percent of GDP 55.76 2024 percent
 Exports, billion dollars 89.71 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Growth of exports -3.20 2024 percent
 Imports, percent of GDP 38.23 2024 percent
 Imports, billion dollars 61.52 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 0.26 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.61 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 374.02 2024 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP 22.70 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars 35.68 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 17.52 2024 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 28.19 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 51.74 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 0.01 2024 percent
 Remittances 23.93 2025 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 4,881.27 2025 million USD
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