Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Kuwait's inflation rate stands at 2.36% as of 2025-12-31, down from 2.9% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1973 to 2025 (53 observations).
In 2025, Kuwait's inflation rate was 2.36%, down from 2.9% in 2024.
In 2024, Kuwait's inflation rate was 2.9%, down from 3.64% in 2023.
In 2023, Kuwait's inflation rate was 3.64%, down from 3.98% in 2022.
In 2022, Kuwait's inflation rate was 3.98%, up from 3.42% in 2021.
In 2021, Kuwait's inflation rate was 3.42%, up from 2.1% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.36% | -0.5366% |
| 2024 | 2.9% | -0.7436% |
| 2023 | 3.64% | -0.3385% |
| 2022 | 3.98% | +0.557% |
| 2021 | 3.42% | +1.32% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | +1.01% |
| 2019 | 1.09% | +0.5487% |
| 2018 | 0.5431% | -1.63% |
| 2017 | 2.17% | -1.03% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | -0.0733% |
| 2015 | 3.27% | +0.3628% |
| 2014 | 2.91% | +0.2266% |
| 2013 | 2.68% | -0.5728% |
| 2012 | 3.26% | -1.58% |
| 2011 | 4.84% | +0.343% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | -0.1132% |
| 2009 | 4.61% | -5.97% |
| 2008 | 10.58% | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 5.48% | +2.43% |
| 2006 | 3.06% | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 4.14% | +2.89% |
| 2004 | 1.25% | +0.2872% |
| 2003 | 0.9614% | +0.0729% |
| 2002 | 0.8885% | -0.4115% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | -0.5129% |
| 2000 | 1.81% | -1.18% |
| 1999 | 2.99% | +2.86% |
| 1998 | 0.1297% | -0.5525% |
| 1997 | 0.6822% | -2.87% |
| 1996 | 3.55% | +0.8673% |
| 1995 | 2.69% | +0.1523% |
| 1994 | 2.53% | +2.15% |
| 1993 | 0.3825% | +0.928% |
| 1992 | -0.5455% | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 9.06% | -0.7754% |
| 1990 | 9.83% | +6.49% |
| 1989 | 3.34% | +1.87% |
| 1988 | 1.47% | +0.8133% |
| 1987 | 0.6548% | -0.2988% |
| 1986 | 0.9536% | -0.5367% |
| 1985 | 1.49% | +0.3129% |
| 1984 | 1.18% | -3.54% |
| 1983 | 4.72% | -3.06% |
| 1982 | 7.78% | +0.402% |
| 1981 | 7.37% | +0.4466% |
| 1980 | 6.93% | -0.1218% |
| 1979 | 7.05% | -1.64% |
| 1978 | 8.69% | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 9.89% | +4.65% |
| 1976 | 5.24% | -3.16% |
| 1975 | 8.39% | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 12.99% | +4.73% |
| 1973 | 8.27% | — |
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Kuwait's inflation rate is 2.36% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 2.9% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 12.99% (1974); the lowest is -0.5455% (1992), across data from 1973 to 2025.
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