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IndicatorKWTKuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #102
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile52.3rank #77
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.18rank #116
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.17rank #116
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.53rank #100
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile57.7rank #76
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #102
Military spending% GDP4.8%rank #10
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.05rank #141
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile70.9rank #87
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile61.2rank #62
Rule of Law0-100 percentile60.9rank #86
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.69rank #64
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.14rank #139
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.13rank #120
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile44.3rank #136
Women in parliament% seats3.1%rank #165
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.36rank #138
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment1.9%rank #157
Agriculture value added% GDP0.53%rank #152
Annual working hours per workerhours2,317.9rank #16
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker384,013.4rank #36
Current account balance% GDP22.7%rank #1
Employment-to-population ratio%71.5%rank #18
FDI net inflows% GDP0.26%rank #81
GDPcurrent US$157.21Brank #58
GDP growth%2.7%rank #115
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$32,312.3rank #39
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $48,254rank #37
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $56,612rank #23
Government expenditure% GDP34.6%rank #21
Gross capital formation% GDP15.1%rank #148
Gross savings% GDP44.1%rank #3
High-technology exports% manuf. exports5.8%rank #75
Human capital indexindex2.3rank #105
Industry value added% GDP54.1%rank #5
Inflation%2.4%rank #69
Labour force participation rate%73.1%rank #21
Personal remittances received% GDP0.02%rank #94
R&D expenditure% GDP0.09%rank #29
Researchers in R&Dper million144.8rank #27
Tax revenue% GDP1.5%rank #93
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.82rank #30
Trade openness% GDP94%rank #69
Unemployment% labor force2.2%rank #20
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.2%rank #19
Vulnerable employment% employment2.4%rank #5
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2415.1%rank #107
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2414.9%rank #107
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop100%rank #1
Basic sanitation access% pop100%rank #1
Child mortalityper 1000.81rank #37
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,135.6rank #62
DTP3 immunization coverage%99%rank #1
Health spending% GDP5%rank #127
Infant mortalityper 1k births7rank #33
Life expectancyyears84.6rank #4
Maternal mortalityper 100k8rank #8
Measles immunization% children98%rank #2
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%98%rank #2
Physiciansper 1k2.3rank #67
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m362.3rank #195
Road traffic deathsper 100k15.4rank #63
Smoking prevalence% adults19.4%rank #65
Suicide mortality rateper 100k2.3rank #21
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k10rank #45
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births8.1rank #59
Undernourishment% pop2.5%rank #1
Education
Adult literacy%96.5%rank #15
Education spending% GDP6.4%rank #7
Expected years of schoolingyears15.9rank #49
Mean years of schoolingyears7.6rank #130
Primary completion rate% relevant age80.4%rank #116
Primary enrollment% gross82.4%rank #157
Secondary enrollment% gross95.4%rank #73
Tertiary enrollment% gross51.9%rank #69
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00010rank #151
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.6rank #139
Median age of populationyears34.5rank #86
Net migration rateper 1,00010.3rank #22
Populationpeople4.87Mrank #127
Population growth%-0.65%rank #204
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years84.9rank #48
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands6,367.8rank #117
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age27.5rank #215
Urban population%100%rank #1
Climate
CO₂ emissionst129.52Mrank #37
CO₂ per capitat26.2rank #2
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0%rank #84
Electricity from solar% generation0.24%rank #80
Electricity from wind% generation2.1%rank #59
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita16,496.2rank #5
Forest area% land0.35%rank #201
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita28.1rank #188
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh634.7rank #80
Renewable electricity%2.2%rank #87
Renewable energy share%0.1%rank #170
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e136.1rank #142
Society
Asylum seekerspeople2,148rank #87
Female labor participation%47.2%rank #131
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1001rank #140
Gender Development Indexratio1rank #17
Gender Inequality Index0-10.19rank #46
Homicide rateper 100k0.25rank #2
Human Development Index0-10.85rank #41
Internet users% pop100%rank #1
Life satisfaction0-106.5rank #38
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.53rank #104
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #12
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #4
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #15
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #29
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people386rank #132
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people3,369rank #93
Youth NEET rate%15.9%rank #77
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year446rank #24
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-102rank #15
Human hazard & exposure0-101.3rank #14
INFORM risk score0-102.8rank #17
Lack of coping capacity0-104rank #32
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-101.3rank #10
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-105.9rank #38
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.7rank #14
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year26rank #14
Socio-economic vulnerability0-101.1rank #12
Vulnerability0-102.8rank #17
Vulnerable groups0-104.2rank #37
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