Foreign direct investment inflows in Kuwait in 2025 — 413,089,669 US$. Ranked 67 in the world out of 97. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1,489.4%.
1970–2025 · US$
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kuwait
| Year | US$ | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 413M | −201M | −32.79% |
| 2024 | 615M | −1.5B | −70.94% |
| 2023 | 2.11B | +1.36B | +181.1% |
| 2022 | 752M | +1.02B | +376.22% |
| 2021 | -272M | +286M | +51.2% |
| 2020 | -558M | −1.07B | −208.23% |
| 2019 | 516M | +537M | +2,511.96% |
| 2018 | -21.38M | −134M | −118.92% |
| 2017 | 113M | −179M | −61.3% |
| 2016 | 292M | +7.38M | +2.59% |
| 2015 | 285M | −201M | −41.41% |
| 2014 | 486M | −948M | −66.11% |
| 2013 | 1.43B | −1.44B | −50.09% |
| 2012 | 2.87B | −386M | −11.86% |
| 2011 | 3.26B | +1.95B | +149.81% |
| 2010 | 1.3B | +191M | +17.16% |
| 2009 | 1.11B | +1.12B | +18,810.25% |
| 2008 | -5.95M | −117M | −105.34% |
| 2007 | 112M | −9.77M | −8.05% |
| 2006 | 121M | −113M | −48.14% |
| 2005 | 234M | +210M | +884.74% |
| 2004 | 23.75M | +90.86M | +135.39% |
| 2003 | -67.11M | −70.73M | −1,954.19% |
| 2002 | 3.62M | +115M | +103.25% |
| 2001 | -112M | −128M | −784.16% |
| 2000 | 16.3M | −55.97M | −77.45% |
| 1999 | 72.27M | +13.21M | +22.36% |
| 1998 | 59.06M | +39.28M | +198.62% |
| 1997 | 19.78M | −328M | −94.31% |
| 1996 | 347M | +341M | +5,083.31% |
| 1995 | 6.7M | −1.51B | −99.56% |
| 1994 | 1.52B | +1.51B | +11,363.71% |
| 1993 | 13.25M | −22.05M | −62.46% |
| 1992 | 35.3M | +34.5M | +4,312.5% |
| 1991 | 800,000 | −4.8M | −85.71% |
| 1990 | 5.6M | +1.94M | +53.01% |
| 1989 | 3.66M | −12.66M | −77.57% |
| 1988 | 16.32M | +22.64M | +358.23% |
| 1987 | -6.32M | +8.21M | +56.5% |
| 1986 | -14.53M | −21.78M | −300.41% |
| 1985 | 7.25M | +13.28M | +220.23% |
| 1984 | -6.03M | −6.07M | −15,175% |
| 1983 | 40,000 | +130,000 | +144.44% |
| 1982 | -90,000 | −1.3M | −107.44% |
| 1981 | 1.21M | +380,000 | +45.78% |
| 1980 | 830,000 | −450,000 | −35.16% |
| 1979 | 1.28M | +520,000 | +68.42% |
| 1978 | 760,000 | −570,000 | −42.86% |
| 1977 | 1.33M | +1.84M | +360.78% |
| 1976 | -510,000 | −760,000 | −304% |
| 1975 | 250,000 | +130,000 | +108.33% |
| 1974 | 120,000 | −180,000 | −60% |
| 1973 | 300,000 | +290,000 | +2,900% |
| 1972 | 10,000 | +0 | +0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 | −25.98M | −99.96% |
| 1970 | 25.99M | — | — |
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Net inflows of foreign direct investment — investment by non-residents that gives them at least 10% of the voting shares of an enterprise: equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans. Values can be negative when capital is withdrawn. The figures are distorted by flows in transit through holding-company jurisdictions.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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