Liquid assets to short term liabilities (%) in Kuwait
Kuwait: Liquid assets to short term liabilities (%) was 22.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Liquid assets to short term liabilities in Kuwait, 2007–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liquid assets to short term liabilities in Kuwait is 22.5%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid assets to short term liabilities in Kuwait peaked at 36.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 22.5%, in 2025.
Kuwait ranks 139th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Liquid assets to short term liabilities (%) in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 35.6% | — |
| 2008 | 28.0% | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 28.6% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 27.8% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 36.3% | +30.9% |
| 2012 | 34.6% | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 30.3% | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 32.7% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 31.7% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 31.4% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 30.9% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 27.5% | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 27.0% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 24.8% | -8.1% |
| 2023 | 24.2% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 22.8% | -6.0% |
| 2025 | 22.5% | -1.3% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 22.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 43.4%, 52% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 22.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 45.2%, 50% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Liquid assets to short term liabilities (%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +30.9% | 27.8% | 36.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.8% | 28.0% | 35.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 27.8% | 36.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.8% | 22.5% | 27.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More development goals data for Kuwait
- Red List Index 0.8878 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 67.58 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 1,929 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 3 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 3 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 3 (2025)
- Infant deaths 342 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths 213 (2024)
- Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 0.1158 ltpureal (2024)
- Under-five deaths 395 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid assets to short term liabilities in Kuwait?
- Liquid assets to short term liabilities in Kuwait was 22.5% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest liquid assets to short term liabilities recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 36.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest liquid assets to short term liabilities recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.5% in 2025.
- How does Kuwait rank for liquid assets to short term liabilities?
- Kuwait ranks 139th out of 146 countries with data for 2025.
- Is liquid assets to short term liabilities rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Liquid assets to short term liabilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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