COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Kuwait Government Revenue
Kuwait government revenue: latest available value for 1998, historical series from 1972, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 43,76 | -1,74 |
| 1997 | 45,50 | 10,13 |
| 1996 | 35,37 | -1,43 |
| 1995 | 36,80 | 2,32 |
| 1994 | 34,49 | 3,13 |
| 1993 | 31,35 | 21,31 |
| 1992 | 10,04 | 1,67 |
| 1991 | 8,37 | -50,34 |
| 1990 | 58,71 | -32,47 |
| 1986 | 91,18 | 32,36 |
| 1985 | 58,82 | -9,01 |
| 1984 | 67,83 | -0,30 |
| 1983 | 68,14 | -0,63 |
| 1982 | 68,77 | -21,96 |
| 1981 | 90,73 | 1,38 |
| 1980 | 89,34 | 36,08 |
| 1979 | 53,26 | -18,15 |
| 1978 | 71,41 | -2,37 |
| 1977 | 73,78 | 2,34 |
| 1974 | 71,44 | 28,18 |
| 1973 | 43,26 | 1,73 |
| 1972 | 41,53 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Revenue is an increase in net worth resulting from a transaction. Grants are excluded from this figure. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 03:53:47. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 09:04:48 | 1993 | 31,35 | 31,35 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 09:04:48 | 1994 | 34,49 | 34,49 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 09:04:48 | 1995 | 36,80 | 36,80 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 09:04:48 | 1996 | 35,37 | 35,37 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 09:04:48 | 1997 | 45,50 | 45,50 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 09:04:48 | 1998 | 43,76 | 43,76 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 10:47:19 | 1993 | 31,35 | 31,35 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 10:47:19 | 1994 | 34,49 | 34,49 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 10:47:19 | 1995 | 36,80 | 36,80 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 10:47:19 | 1996 | 35,37 | 35,37 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 10:47:19 | 1997 | 45,50 | 45,50 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 10:47:19 | 1998 | 43,76 | 43,76 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesKuwait recorded 43,76 percent of GDP in 1998, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 1997, the government revenue decreased by 1,74.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 22 observations from 1972 to 1998, the average was 54,27; the minimum was 8,37 in 1991 and the maximum was 91,18 in 1986.
Kuwait ranks 8 out of 162 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is above the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also above the available average for the High income group.
Fiscal revenue capacity.