Kuwait vs Zimbabwe: Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita
Kuwait
2.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Zimbabwe
2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Kuwait rank
10th
Zimbabwe rank
8th
Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita over time
- Kuwait
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 2.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Kuwait, a difference of 0.02 kilowatt-hours per dollar.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 10th and Zimbabwe ranks 8th of 163 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.16 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.17 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.99 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 3.8 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.15 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.65 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 2.41 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 2.04 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.3627 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 2.1 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.82 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.2792 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 2.19 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 1.71 kilowatt-hours per dollar | 0.4884 kilowatt-hours per dollar | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher energy intensity vs. gdp per capita, Kuwait or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 2.22 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 2.2 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Kuwait as of 2022.
- What is the difference in energy intensity vs. gdp per capita between Kuwait and Zimbabwe?
- 0.02 kilowatt-hours per dollar, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Zimbabwe?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
- How do Kuwait and Zimbabwe rank globally for energy intensity vs. gdp per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 10th and Zimbabwe ranks 8th of 163 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Energy intensity vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.