Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Kuwait
Kuwait: Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total was 31.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Kuwait, 2000–2021
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 31.9% for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in 2021.
That represents a change of up 50.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Kuwait peaked at 36.2% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2000.
That places Kuwait 42nd out of 126 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.0% | — |
| 2001 | 8.0% | +14.8% |
| 2002 | 17.4% | +117.2% |
| 2003 | 18.9% | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 19.2% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 22.2% | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | -25.2% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -15.3% |
| 2011 | 21.2% | +38.5% |
| 2012 | 28.6% | +34.6% |
| 2013 | 28.4% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 25.9% | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 27.7% | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 30.9% | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 36.0% | +16.5% |
| 2018 | 36.2% | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 28.5% | -21.5% |
| 2020 | 31.9% | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +0.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 31.9% is below the median for high income countries, which is 38.8%, 82% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 31.9% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 24.0%, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added … total in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +117.2% | 8.0% | 17.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.5% | 7.0% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.9% | 15.3% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.9% | 31.9% | 31.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More infrastructure data for Kuwait
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.11 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 167.68 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 572,621 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.83 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.118 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.0192 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 572,621 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.67 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Kuwait?
- Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total in Kuwait was 31.9% in 2021, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 2018.
- What is the lowest proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2000.
- How does Kuwait rank for proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total?
- Kuwait ranks 42nd out of 126 countries with data for 2021.
- Is proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of medium and high-tech manufacturing value added in total value added (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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