Kuwait, year by year

Every index this site holds for Kuwait, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.698 → 0.847 (+0.149)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth76.8 → 84.6 (+7.8)

Internet users29 → 100 (+71)

Urban population100 → 100 (0)

Births per woman2.73 → 1.56 (-1.17)

Renewable share of energy0 → 0 (+0)

Access to electricity100 → 100 (0)

Infant mortality10 → 7 (-3)

CO2 emissions per person34.5 → 23.7 (-10.9)

Forest area0 → 0 (+0)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 13 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.698	73.4	—	—	3.49	0	100	15	19.2	0.2	—	—
1991	0.687	73.9	—	98	3.40	0	100	14	28.5	0.2	—	—
1992	0.697	76.0	—	98	3.35	0	100	13	16.5	0.2	—	—
1993	0.703	76.0	0	98	3.31	0	100	13	20.5	0.2	—	—
1994	0.732	76.0	0	98	3.27	0	100	12	24.5	0.2	—	—
1995	0.762	76.0	0	98	3.25	0	100	12	24.0	0.2	—	—
1996	0.768	75.9	1	98	3.22	0	100	12	22.9	0.2	—	—
1997	0.766	75.9	2	98	3.14	0	100	12	23.4	0.3	—	—
1998	0.772	76.0	3	99	3.04	0	100	11	25.1	0.3	—	—
1999	0.774	76.1	5	99	2.95	0	100	11	26.3	0.3	—	—
2000	0.780	76.2	7	99	2.89	0	100	11	28.7	0.3	—	—
2001	0.779	76.4	9	99	2.84	0	100	11	29.3	0.3	—	—
2002	0.785	76.5	10	100	2.80	0	100	10	29.9	0.3	—	—
2003	0.796	76.6	22	100	2.77	0	100	10	30.8	0.3	—	—
2004	0.800	76.7	23	100	2.76	0	100	10	32.0	0.3	—	—
2005	0.800	76.8	26	100	2.73	0	100	10	34.5	0.3	—	—
2006	0.800	76.9	29	100	2.59	0	100	10	33.8	0.3	42947	89075
2007	0.802	77.0	35	100	2.41	0	100	10	31.2	0.3	45709	91435
2008	0.806	77.2	42	100	2.27	0	100	10	31.5	0.3	55585	90337
2009	0.808	77.4	51	100	2.15	0	100	9	30.5	0.3	37907	80110
2010	0.811	77.7	61	100	2.04	0	100	9	29.5	0.3	39212	75184
2011	0.817	78.0	66	100	1.96	0	100	9	29.3	0.3	49170	79037
2012	0.821	78.4	70	100	1.99	0	100	9	27.6	0.3	52155	82090
2013	0.813	78.7	75	100	1.97	0	100	8	26.8	0.3	49651	76813
2014	0.816	79.1	79	100	2.06	0	100	8	25.2	0.3	44369	68337
2015	0.829	79.4	82	100	2.03	0	100	8	24.9	0.3	29882	45267
2016	0.832	79.7	86	100	2.06	0	100	8	24.6	0.3	27324	41862
2017	0.835	79.9	98	100	2.16	0	100	8	23.5	0.3	29048	46566
2018	0.836	80.1	100	100	2.12	0	100	8	22.9	0.3	32068	51371
2019	0.838	82.0	100	100	2.08	0	100	8	21.8	0.3	31708	50703
2020	0.826	78.8	99	100	2.03	0	100	8	21.1	0.3	25236	41462
2021	0.836	78.7	100	100	2.15	0	100	8	22.9	0.3	34019	50652
2022	0.847	80.6	100	100	1.55	—	100	7	22.4	0.3	39982	55034
2023	—	83.2	100	100	1.52	—	100	7	22.7	0.3	34092	53083
2024	—	84.6	100	100	1.56	—	100	7	23.7	—	32856	53119
2025	—	—	100	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	32312	56468
Profile shows	0.847	84.6	100	100	1.56	0	—	—	23.7	0.4 ≠	32312	56468

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: 1 does on this page, which can be a newer vintage or an inconsistency.

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