Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Kuwait's real interest rate stands at 10.52% as of 2025-12-31, up from 6.73% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1979 to 2025 (47 observations).
In 2025, Kuwait's real interest rate was 10.52%, up from 6.73% in 2024.
In 2024, Kuwait's real interest rate was 6.73%, down from 14.11% in 2023.
In 2023, Kuwait's real interest rate was 14.11%, up from -11.66% in 2022.
In 2022, Kuwait's real interest rate was -11.66%, up from -19.87% in 2021.
In 2021, Kuwait's real interest rate was -19.87%, down from 24.66% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10.52% | +3.79% |
| 2024 | 6.73% | -7.38% |
| 2023 | 14.11% | +25.77% |
| 2022 | -11.66% | +8.21% |
| 2021 | -19.87% | -44.53% |
| 2020 | 24.66% | +19.73% |
| 2019 | 4.93% | +10.74% |
| 2018 | -5.82% | +4.11% |
| 2017 | -9.93% | -22.07% |
| 2016 | 12.14% | -28.71% |
| 2015 | 40.86% | +29.03% |
| 2014 | 11.83% | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 4.33% | +6.66% |
| 2012 | -2.33% | +7.94% |
| 2011 | -10.27% | -5.15% |
| 2010 | -5.11% | -33.27% |
| 2009 | 28.16% | +37.47% |
| 2008 | -9.31% | -13.37% |
| 2007 | 4.05% | +10.59% |
| 2006 | -6.54% | +5.18% |
| 2005 | -11.72% | -6.57% |
| 2004 | -5.15% | -5.62% |
| 2003 | 0.4729% | -0.7957% |
| 2002 | 1.27% | -15.64% |
| 2001 | 16.91% | +26.58% |
| 2000 | -9.67% | -1.6% |
| 1999 | -8.07% | -39.56% |
| 1998 | 31.49% | +17.31% |
| 1997 | 14.18% | +20.02% |
| 1996 | -5.83% | -9.19% |
| 1995 | 3.36% | -10.96% |
| 1994 | 14.32% | -2.24% |
| 1993 | 16.56% | +10.51% |
| 1992 | 6.05% | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 8.65% | +0.737% |
| 1990 | 7.91% | -2.36% |
| 1989 | 10.27% | +6.63% |
| 1988 | 3.65% | +6.28% |
| 1987 | -2.64% | -48.84% |
| 1986 | 46.2% | +42.5% |
| 1985 | 3.7% | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 8.2% | -11.23% |
| 1983 | 19.43% | +10.87% |
| 1982 | 8.56% | +10.38% |
| 1981 | -1.83% | +22.13% |
| 1980 | -23.95% | +0.8802% |
| 1979 | -24.83% | — |
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Kuwait's real interest rate is 10.52% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 6.73% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 46.2% (1986); the lowest is -24.83% (1979), across data from 1979 to 2025.
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