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Kuwait

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INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN · 19 JUNE 1961
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1991 - present · Reconstruction and Modern Kuwait
4 EVENTS
1991-1992 · Rapid post-war reconstruction 2 REFS
2006 · Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad becomes emir 2 REFS
1990 - 1991 · The Iraqi Invasion and the Liberation of 1991
4 EVENTS
2 August 1990 · Iraq invades and annexes Kuwait 2 REFS
16 January - 28 February 1991 · Operation Desert Storm liberates Kuwait 2 REFS
1934 - 1989 · Oil, Independence, and the Welfare State
5 EVENTS
23 December 1934 · The oil concession is granted 2 REFS
1946 · First oil exports 2 REFS
1896 - 1934 · Mubarak the Great and the British Agreement
3 EVENTS
23 January 1899 · The Anglo-Kuwaiti agreement 2 REFS
1913 · Kuwait's separate status confirmed 2 REFS
c. 1700 - 1896 · The Founding of Kuwait and the Rise of the Al Sabah
3 EVENTS
early 18th century · The Bani Utub settle the bay 2 REFS
18th-19th century · A pearling and trade entrepot 2 REFS
c. 2000 BCE - 2nd century CE · Failaka: Dilmun and the Greek Island of Ikaros
4 EVENTS
c. 2000 BCE · Dilmun settlement on Failaka 2 REFS
late 4th century BCE · Alexander's fleet names the island Ikaros 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Kuwait City
Population
2.9 m
Area
17,818 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Arabic
Currency
Kuwaiti dinar (د.ك)
Demonym
Kuwaiti
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$157 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$32,312’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
2.7%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
2.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
94.0%’24 WB-WDI

Society

Population
4.9 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
84.6 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
100.0%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.6’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
96.5%’20 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
44.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
70.9’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
57.7’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
61.2’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
60.9’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
52.3’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
5.0%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
2.27’20 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
8.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
98.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
100.0%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
96.5%’20 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
6.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
82.4%’21 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
95.4%’15 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
51.9%’21 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
145’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
100.0%’25 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
168’23 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
5.8%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
17,820 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
0.4%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
8.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
23.7’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
0.1%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
29.3%’20 WB-WDI
Oil rents
27.6%’20 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’20 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’20 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
4.8%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$7.8 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
25,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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