COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Kuwait GDP Deflator Inflation
Kuwait gdp deflator inflation: latest available value for 2025, historical series from 2016, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
NY.GDP.DEFL.KD.ZG| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -4,97 | -3,51 |
| 2024 | -1,46 | 6,59 |
| 2023 | -8,05 | -25,68 |
| 2022 | 17,63 | -11,79 |
| 2021 | 29,43 | 45,89 |
| 2020 | -16,46 | -16,35 |
| 2019 | -0,11 | -11,41 |
| 2018 | 11,30 | -4,93 |
| 2017 | 16,23 | 23,07 |
| 2016 | -6,84 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.
Source organization: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:51:46. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
35 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 16:59:40 | 2020 | -16,46 | -16,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:59:40 | 2021 | 29,43 | 29,43 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:59:40 | 2022 | 17,63 | 17,63 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:59:40 | 2023 | -8,05 | -8,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:59:40 | 2024 | -1,46 | -1,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-28 16:59:40 | 2025 | -4,97 | -4,97 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-27 02:07:05 | 2025 | -4,97 | -4,97 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 19:00:08 | 2020 | -16,46 | -16,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 19:00:08 | 2021 | 29,43 | 29,43 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 19:00:08 | 2022 | 17,63 | 17,63 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 19:00:08 | 2023 | -8,05 | -8,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 19:00:08 | 2024 | -1,46 | -1,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-09 19:00:08 | 2025 | -4,97 | -4,97 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-07 18:41:43 | 2020 | -16,46 | -16,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-07 18:41:43 | 2021 | 29,43 | 29,43 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-07 18:41:43 | 2022 | 17,63 | 17,63 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-07 18:41:43 | 2023 | -8,05 | -8,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-07 18:41:43 | 2024 | -1,46 | -1,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-07 18:41:43 | 2025 | -4,97 | -4,97 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 00:52:45 | 2020 | -16,46 | -16,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 00:52:45 | 2021 | 29,43 | 29,43 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 00:52:45 | 2022 | 17,63 | 17,63 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 00:52:45 | 2023 | -8,05 | -8,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 00:52:45 | 2024 | -1,46 | -1,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-06 00:52:45 | 2025 | -4,97 | -4,97 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2016 | -6,84 | -6,84 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2017 | 16,23 | 16,23 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2018 | 11,30 | 11,30 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2019 | -0,11 | -0,11 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2020 | -16,46 | -16,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2021 | 29,43 | 29,43 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2022 | 17,63 | 17,63 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2023 | -8,05 | -8,05 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2024 | -1,46 | -1,46 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-02 05:26:55 | 2025 | -4,97 | -4,97 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesKuwait recorded -4,97 percent in 2025, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2024, the gdp deflator inflation decreased by 3,51.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 10 observations from 2016 to 2025, the average was 3,67; the minimum was -16,46 in 2020 and the maximum was 29,43 in 2021.
Kuwait ranks 209 out of 213 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the High income group.
Economy-wide price changes in domestically produced output.