Kuwait vs Upper middle income: Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP

Kuwait
0.1822 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.0429 current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Kuwait rank
43rd
Upper middle income rank
41st

Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP over time

  • Kuwait
  • Upper middle income
00.050.10.150.20.25197520002025

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.1822 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0429 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.1393 current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 4.2 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Kuwait ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 41st of 198 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 0.1517 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0272 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1246 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
1990s 0.1435 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0392 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1044 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2000s 0.1079 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0423 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0656 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2010s 0.1715 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0417 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1297 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait
2020s 0.1583 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0373 current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.1211 current US$ per US$ of GDP Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp, Kuwait or Upper middle income?
Kuwait, at 0.1822 current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0429 current US$ per US$ of GDP in Upper middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp between Kuwait and Upper middle income?
0.1393 current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Upper middle income?
42 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
How do Kuwait and Upper middle income rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per unit of gdp?
Kuwait ranks 43rd and Upper middle income ranks 41st of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Commercial service imports (current US$), per unit of GDP
Unit
current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,662 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.