Data & Statistics
Economic Data and Statistics
Kuwait During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yale University
Environmental Performance Index 2018, Kuwait rant 61 out of 180
Heritage Foundation
Economic Freedom Index 2019, Kuwait rank 90 out of 180
The World Bank
Ease of Doing Business Index 2020 Kuwait rank 83 out of 190 country
World Economic Forum
Global Competitiveness Index 2019 Kuwait Rank 46 out of 141
Legatum Institute:
Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 Report, Kuwait rank 58 out of 167
Monthly Economic Reports, Kuwait Minister of Finance Office (Arabic)
Recent: Jan 2019 | Feb 2019 | March 2019 | April 2019 | May 2019 | June 2019 | July 2019 | August 2019 | September 2019 | October 2019
Economic Newsletter, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (English)
General Secretariat for the Supreme Council for Planning & Development (SCPD)
Development Plan Project [2015 – 2016 / 2019 – 2020] (Arabic)
Annual Development Plan (Arabic): 2018 /2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017
International Monetary Fund – IMF Reports on Kuwait
Country Report
2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Kuwait: Concluding Statement of the 2013 Article IV Consultation
Economic Updates on Kuwait by Oxford Business Group
Regional Reports
The Arab Investment & Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman)
International Reports
World Bank
Publications: Open Knowledge Repository
International Monetary Fund
World Economic Outlook
October 2018 | April 2018 | October 2017 | April 2017 | October 2016 | April 2016 | October 2015 | April 2015
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Revised Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability for investment projects to take effect as of October 1, 2013
UNCTAD
The Investment Promotion Agency Observer No. 3, 2014
Previous Versions:
The Investment Promotion Agency Observer No. 1 – 2013
Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany 2013
“Social Media and Investment Promotion: Is Social Media an Integrated Marketing Tool or Will it Create a New Investment Promotion Paradigm?”, Mona Salim Bseiso
The Arab Investment Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman)
Quarterly Bulletin 3/2012: Overview of the Investment Promotion Industry in the Arab Countries
Arab Planning Institute
Is Investment Promotion Effective in the in the Arab Countries, prepared by Mona S. Bseiso, Experts Papers series No 29/2008
General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development
UNCTAD
1. World Investment Report (Series):
2. Investment Policy Review (Series)
3. Global Investment Trends Monitor (Series)
4. International Investment Policies for Development (Issue Series)
5. Investment Promotion Agency Observer
6. World Investment Prospects Survey
7. Policy Brief
8. FDI and Development (Series)
UNCTAD
Issue Note No. 2, May 2015: Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Review of Developments in 2014