Added value of industry as a share of GDP fell 22.2% to 0.454% in Kuwait in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, added value of industry as a share of GDP in Kuwait reached an all time high of 0.748% in 2012 and an all time low of 0.454% in 2020. When compared to Kuwait's main peers, added value of industry as a share of GDP in Bahrain amounted to 0.403%, 0.413% in Iraq, 0.361% in Iran and 0.401% in Saudi Arabia in 2020.
Kuwait has been ranked 6th within the group of 169 countries we follow in terms of added value of industry as a share of GDP, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Industry, Added Value (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.402% | 0.393% | 0.412% | 0.429% | 0.421% | |||||||||||
| Iran | % | 0.322% | 0.344% | 0.362% | 0.369% | 0.333% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 0.453% | 0.462% | 0.513% | 0.542% | 0.531% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 0.252% | 0.247% | 0.245% | 0.241% | 0.239% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.559% | 0.521% | 0.556% | 0.603% | 0.584% | ... | ||||||
| Pakistan | % | 0.191% | 0.182% | 0.181% | 0.186% | 0.196% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.574% | 0.532% | 0.567% | 0.604% | 0.569% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 0.453% | 0.432% | 0.458% | 0.501% | 0.471% | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 0.155% | 0.162% | 0.172% | 0.185% | 0.159% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 0.543% | 0.514% | 0.470% | 0.449% | 0.420% | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 0.434% | 0.410% | 0.425% | 0.469% | 0.445% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 0.236% | 0.207% | 0.182% | 0.152% | 0.356% | ... |
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