Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Arab States
Population (Total) 4,934,508
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 53,758

Performance Overview

ISO3

KWT

Country

Kuwait

Score

49.30

Rank

67

Technology

43.06

People

40.55

Governance

55.79

Impact

57.80

Pillar: Technology Score: 43.06Rank: 68
SCORERANK

Access

69.39 53

1. Mobile tariffs

65.6861

2. Handset prices

72.9256

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

4.97122

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

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

72.7555

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

17.99 91

1. GitHub commits

1.98102

2. Internet domain registrations

3.0870

3. Mobile apps development

65.5465

4. AI scientific publications

1.3697

Future technologies

41.80 46

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

33.5599

2. Investment in emerging technologies

42.5057

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

49.3422
Pillar: People Score: 40.55Rank: 70
SCORERANK

Individuals

61.72 19

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

30.8030

2. ICT skills in the education system

36.4498

3. Use of virtual social networks

84.933

4. Adult literacy rate

94.7143

5. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

27.35 102

1. Firms with website

n/an/a

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

n/an/a

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

43.0596

4. Public cloud computing market scale

11.6678

Governments

32.59 88

1. Government online services

66.5566

2. Data Capabilities

n/an/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

28.0483

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

3.1891
Pillar: Governance Score: 55.79Rank: 71
SCORERANK

Trust

48.59 69

1. Secure internet servers

47.9278

2. Cybersecurity

75.0873

3. Online access to financial account

n/an/a

4. Internet shopping

22.7665

Regulation

63.41 84

1. Regulatory quality

52.9557

2. ICT regulatory environment

69.0596

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

43.3576

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

51.6898

Inclusion

55.39 79

1. E-Participation

53.4967

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

76.4963

3. Availability of local online content

68.5148

4. Gender gap in Internet use

70.9326

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

7.53122
Pillar: Impact Score: 57.80Rank: 50
SCORERANK

Economy

38.36 48

1. ICT patent applications

0.0079

2. Domestic market scale

53.2264

3. Prevalence of gig economy

53.2045

4. ICT services exports

47.0418

Quality of life

87.06 9

1. Happiness

87.408

2. Freedom to make life choices

88.6030

3. Income inequality

n/an/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

83.2930

SDG Contribution

47.97 118

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

79.0345

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/an/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

15.38130

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

51.32119

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

75.4150

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