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Economy power of Kuwait & Qatar

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Kuwait vs Qatar

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The State of Kuwait is a country located in Western Asia. However, because of its localization on the northern edge of Eastern Arabia, it is quite often connected with the region of the Middle East. The largest city of the state is Kuwait City, and it is at the same time its capital. In terms of neighbours, they share borders with Iraq (the nation that invaded them in 1990) and Saudi Arabia. Interestingly, due to large oil reserves (considered to be the sixth largest in the world), the importance of the region for the developed country is quite substantial. More about Kuwait The State of Qatar is a country that occupies the small Qatar Peninsula. It is located on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, in Western Asia. Their only bordering nation is Saudi Arabia.  More about Qatar

Gross domestic product (GDP, GDP PPP)

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Kuwait Qatar
Position in the ranking of countries 57 (2023) 54 (2023)
GDP [US$] 163,704,878,875 213,002,809,330
Percentage of the other 76.9 % 130.1 %

Gross domestic product growth rate

Gross domestic product per capita

Gross domestic product (PPP)

Gross domestic product (PPP) per capita

Gross national income (GNI, Inflation)

Gross national income

Kuwait Qatar
Position in the ranking of countries 56 (2023) 54 (2023)
GNI [US$] 195,985,100,891 206,928,908,231
Percentage of the other 94.7 % 105.6 %

Gross national income per capita

Inflation consumer prices (annual %)

International trade (Export, Import)

External balance on goods and services

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(China)

Kuwait Qatar
Position in the ranking of countries 14 (2022) 12 (2022)
External balance [US$] 55,010,938,775 87,172,802,197
Percentage of the other 63.1 % 158.5 %

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP)

Exports of goods and services (current US$)

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Imports of goods and services (current US$)

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

Employment by sector, Unemployment

Unemployment (% of total labor force)

Kuwait Qatar
Position in the ranking of countries 14 (2022) 12 (2022)
Unemployment [%] 2.14 0.13
Percentage of the other 1646.2 % 6.1 %

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)

Employment in industry (% of total employment)

Employment in services (% of total employment)

Vulnerable employment (% of total employment)

Population (total, growth, density, demgraphy)

Total population

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(India)

Kuwait Qatar
Position in the ranking of countries 123 (2023) 137 (2023)
Population 4,853,420 2,656,032
Percentage of the other 182.7 % 54.7 %

Population growth (annual %)

Density

Gender

Demography