Portulans Institute

Kuwait

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Northern Africa and Western Asia
Population (Total) 4,973,861
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 50,933

Performance Overview

ISO3

KWT

Country

Kuwait

Score

48.73

Rank

51

Input

41

Output

78

Enable

55.57

Attract

71.27

Grow

37.74

Retain

59.50

VT

39.26

GA

29.04

Pillar: Enable Score: 55.57Rank: 47
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Regulatory Landscape

57.19 55

1. Government effectiveness

49.7170

2. Rule of law

60.5453

3. Political stability

75.5445

4. Regulatory quality

54.1553

5. Corruption

46.0054

Market Landscape

66.07 21

1. Extent of market dominance

55.3038

2. Domestic credit to private sector

44.1723

3. Cluster development

61.5624

4. R&D expenditure

1.45105

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

100.001

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

7. Urbanisation

100.001

Business & Labour Landscape

43.46 88

1. Labour rights

72.9086

2. Labour-employer cooperation

61.2754

3. Professional management

58.6369

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

58.2130

5. Enterprise software

6.17120

6. Cloud computing

3.55126

7. Firms with website

n/an/a
Pillar: Attract Score: 71.27Rank: 16
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External Openness

83.94 4

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

86.1716

3. Migrant stock

100.001

4. International students

n/an/a

5. Brain gain

65.6617

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

58.60 91

1. Tolerance of minorities

53.1951

2. Tolerance of immigrants

69.2342

3. Social mobility

61.9348

4. Economic empowerment of women

38.13132

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

61.3491

6. Leadership opportunities for women

67.7650
Pillar: Grow Score: 37.74Rank: 61
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Formal Education

16.73 80

1. Vocational enrolment

3.75109

2. Tertiary enrolment

30.0071

3. Tertiary education expenditure

n/an/a

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

16.4358

Lifelong Learning

41.89 47

1. Business masters education

22.8046

2. Prevalence of training in firms

n/an/a

3. Employee development

60.9862

Access to Growth Opportunities

54.61 59

1. Delegation of authority

53.2583

2. Youth inclusion

n/an/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

79.2110

4. Use of virtual professional networks

31.3741
Pillar: Retain Score: 59.50Rank: 57
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Sustainability

49.33 70

1. Pension coverage

24.6898

2. Social protection

54.2052

3. Brain retention

52.4352

4. Environmental performance

44.4075

5. Vulnerable employment

98.754

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

60.1336

7. Household Financial Resilience

10.73108

Lifestyle

69.66 49

1. Personal rights

54.5475

2. Personal safety

85.6223

3. Physician density

32.4974

4. Sanitation

100.001

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

75.6627
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 39.26Rank: 101
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Mid-level Skills

30.24 88

1. Workforce with secondary education

12.84115

2. Population with secondary education

17.74100

3. Technicians and associate professionals

32.9961

4. Labour productivity per employee

57.3922

Employability

48.29 117

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

52.5287

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

44.0577

3. Skills matching

n/an/a

4. Highly educated unemployment

n/an/a
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 29.04Rank: 49
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High-level Skills

31.23 54

1. Workforce with tertiary education

31.7169

2. Soft Skills

48.8890

3. Professionals

20.5475

4. Researchers

1.4988

5. Senior officials and managers

25.6350

6. Digital skills

59.118

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

26.86 53

1. ICT services exports

48.6914

2. Mobile apps development

65.1166

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

45.4629

4. High-value exports

2.73108

5. Software development

2.19104

6. New business density

13.3247

7. Scientific journal articles

10.4861

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