Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Arab States
Population (Total) 4,270,563
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 47,303

Performance Overview

ISO3

KWT

Country

Kuwait

Score

51.04

Rank

63

Technology

47.41

People

46.12

Governance

56.43

Impact

54.19

Pillar: Technology Score: 47.41Rank: 57
SCORERANK

Access

67.18 60

1. Mobile tariffs

52.2575

2. Handset prices

72.9227

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

5.4795

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

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

72.4653

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

Content

35.66 69

1. GitHub commits

1.7598

2. Internet domain registrations

5.6754

3. Mobile apps development

83.5350

4. AI scientific publications

51.6851

Future technologies

39.40 44

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

42.9576

2. Investment in emerging technologies

42.5057

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

32.7526
Pillar: People Score: 46.12Rank: 61
SCORERANK

Individuals

59.34 18

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

29.0227

2. ICT skills in the education system

44.3869

3. Use of virtual social networks

87.346

4. Tertiary enrollment

40.4748

5. Adult literacy rate

95.4737

6. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

37.16 78

1. Firms with website

n/an/a

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

1.1396

3. Knowledge intensive employment

33.1867

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

77.1860

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/an/a

Governments

41.87 72

1. Government online services

83.6431

2. Publication and use of open data

n/an/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

38.4962

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

3.49104
Pillar: Governance Score: 56.43Rank: 66
SCORERANK

Trust

45.01 66

1. Secure internet servers

48.0875

2. Cybersecurity

74.6373

3. Online access to financial account

34.0254

4. Internet shopping

23.3058

Regulation

61.43 74

1. Regulatory quality

48.8057

2. ICT regulatory environment

71.7688

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

38.4276

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

48.18102

Inclusion

62.84 69

1. E-Participation

90.1318

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

76.4960

3. Availability of local online content

68.5148

4. Gender gap in Internet use

71.5543

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

7.53121
Pillar: Impact Score: 54.19Rank: 68
SCORERANK

Economy

34.53 61

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

25.8661

2. High-tech exports

6.5393

3. PCT patent applications

1.3283

4. Domestic market size

52.3263

5. Prevalence of gig economy

53.2046

6. ICT services exports

67.986

Quality of life

79.98 27

1. Happiness

69.9450

2. Freedom to make life choices

83.4435

3. Income inequality

n/an/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

86.5829

SDG Contribution

48.06 114

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

67.6371

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/an/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

0.00131

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

49.21117

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

75.4150

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