Portulans Institute

Kuwait

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Arab States
Population (Total) 4,268,873
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 51,528

Performance Overview

ISO3

KWT

Country

Kuwait

Score

48.36

Rank

64

Technology

43.14

People

42.27

Governance

54.17

Impact

53.86

Pillar: Technology Score: 43.14 Rank: 56
SCORERANK

Access

68.59 54

1. Mobile tariffs

67.95 54

2. Handset prices

65.55 39

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

5.16 117

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

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

72.86 59

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

18.08 90

1. GitHub commits

1.95 101

2. Internet domain registrations

4.07 65

3. Mobile apps development

65.32 67

4. AI scientific publications

0.99 104

Future technologies

42.76 38

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

42.95 77

2. Investment in emerging technologies

42.50 57

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

42.84 24
Pillar: People Score: 42.27 Rank: 71
SCORERANK

Individuals

54.27 33

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

30.26 27

2. ICT skills in the education system

28.91 89

3. Use of virtual social networks

79.18 19

4. Tertiary enrollment

37.85 53

5. Adult literacy rate

95.16 41

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

36.46 89

1. Firms with website

n/a

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

1.18 92

3. Knowledge intensive employment

32.42 63

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

75.79 81

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

36.08 74

1. Government online services

66.55 66

2. Publication and use of open data

n/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

38.52 62

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

3.18 91
Pillar: Governance Score: 54.17 Rank: 72
SCORERANK

Trust

44.83 67

1. Secure internet servers

47.92 77

2. Cybersecurity

74.63 73

3. Online access to financial account

34.02 55

4. Internet shopping

22.76 64

Regulation

62.07 80

1. Regulatory quality

53.55 61

2. ICT regulatory environment

69.41 95

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

39.22 76

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

48.18 101

Inclusion

55.61 81

1. E-Participation

53.49 67

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

76.49 64

3. Availability of local online content

68.51 48

4. Gender gap in Internet use

72.04 25

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

7.53 124
Pillar: Impact Score: 53.86 Rank: 65
SCORERANK

Economy

31.68 56

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

24.80 61

2. High-tech exports

2.20 107

3. PCT patent applications

0.67 89

4. Domestic market size

53.32 63

5. Prevalence of gig economy

53.20 46

6. ICT services exports

55.91 10

Quality of life

79.47 30

1. Happiness

69.82 48

2. Freedom to make life choices

82.00 41

3. Income inequality

n/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

86.58 29

SDG Contribution

50.43 110

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

67.63 73

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

7.96 132

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

50.72 115

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

75.41 49

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