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Kuwait: Foreign direct investment, net

2.58Bcurrent USD · 2025-50.0% since 2015

Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for Kuwait from 1975 to 2025.

19842025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20252,576,304,561.095
20249,708,694,797.529
20239,086,529,158.464
202223,796,283,534.282
2021-1,968,628,399.244
20203,711,974,759.056
20194,163,565,127.175
20182,993,147,632.142
20176,925,158,962.32
20166,110,599,561.988
20155,154,974,475.204
201412,622,103,205.462
201315,214,373,332.933
20123,868,720,777.91
20117,513,857,824.097
20104,585,217,036.304
20097,468,230,975.336
20089,096,510,276.507
20079,672,642,456.131
20068,089,222,333.773
20054,907,876,712.329
20042,557,516,118.086
2003-4,892,763,859.261
2002-80,285,803.861
2001-1,802,194,457.88
2000-319,476,753.584
1999-49,274,892.581
1998-1,926,133,344.079
1997-988,960,448.785
19961,392,745,736.319
1995-1,028,655,870.257
1994-1,519,181,869.026
1993639,414,574.544
19921,210,684,030.793
1989993,943,017.905
1988476,652,537.324
1987775,129,120.901
1986247,767,795.764
198569,824,681.881
198494,574,811.791
1983240,156,445.594
1982107,672,162.952
1981-150,653,549.986
1980406,959,125.853
1979-188,156,229.451
197894,527,322.83
197752,343,962.83
1976109,443,834.739
197593,093,069.255

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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