NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%

Investment (gross fixed):

19.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Budget:

revenues: $85.28 billion expenditures: $37.77 billion (2007 est.)

Fiscal year:

1 April - 31 March

Public debt:

9.7% of GDP (2007 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.5% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

6.25% (31 December 2007)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

8.54% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$15.12 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$55.2 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$78.25 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

practically no crops; fish

Industries:

petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, water desalination, food processing, construction materials

Industrial production growth rate:

1.7% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

44.75 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

39.54 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

2.613 million bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

334,700 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

2.356 million bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

8,022 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

104 billion bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

12.5 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

12.5 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

1.586 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

$47.5 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$63.72 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

oil and refined products, fertilizers

Exports - partners:

Japan 19.9%, South Korea 17%, Taiwan 11.2%, Singapore 9.9%, US 8.4%,
Netherlands 4.8%, China 4.4% (2007)

Imports:

$20.64 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing

Imports - partners:

US 12.7%, Japan 8.5%, Germany 7.3%, China 6.8%, South Korea 6.6%,
Saudi Arabia 6.2%, Italy 5.8%, UK 4.6% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$2.6 million (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$16.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$33.62 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$898 million (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$24.22 billion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$128.9 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

Kuwaiti dinar (KD)

Currency code: