Natural gas rents in Kuwait
Kuwait: Natural gas rents was 1.7% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Natural gas rents in Kuwait, 1971–2020
Source: The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.7% for natural gas rents in 2020. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 43.9% on the previous year and up 168.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural gas rents in Kuwait peaked at 1.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1982.
Kuwait ranks 27th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Natural gas rents in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.9% | — |
| 1972 | 1.0% | +12.7% |
| 1973 | 0.9% | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 0.4% | -57.9% |
| 1975 | 0.7% | +87.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7% | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.8% | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 0.9% | +10.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8% | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 0.6% | -24.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -65.4% |
| 1983 | 0.8% | +263.3% |
| 1984 | 0.7% | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 1.0% | +45.0% |
| 1987 | 0.6% | -41.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9% | +57.9% |
| 1989 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.7% | -27.5% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -66.8% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | +212.4% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | +53.7% |
| 1994 | 1.1% | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 1.1% | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 1.0% | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 1.1% | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 1.3% | +11.3% |
| 1999 | 1.0% | -25.2% |
| 2000 | 1.1% | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +20.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -28.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -11.8% |
| 2004 | 0.8% | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8% | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -9.7% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +47.4% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +43.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1 |
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- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural gas rents in Kuwait?
- Natural gas rents in Kuwait was 1.7% in 2020, according to The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest natural gas rents recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest natural gas rents recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1982.
- How does Kuwait rank for natural gas rents?
- Kuwait ranks 27th out of 201 countries with data for 2020.
- Is natural gas rents rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from The Changing Wealth of Nations, World Bank (WB), published as part of Natural gas rents (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Natural gas rents are the difference between the value of natural gas production at regional prices and total costs of production.