Key Indicators
Income Group High-income
Regional Group Arab States
Population (Total) 4,839,000
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 52,866

Performance Overview

ISO3

KWT

Country

Kuwait

Score

45.53

Rank

78

Technology

42.15

People

34.06

Governance

52.76

Impact

53.16

Pillar: Technology Score: 42.15Rank: 69
SCORERANK

Access

71.41 56

1. Mobile tariffs

68.9160

2. Handset prices

83.1141

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

3.71120

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

100.001

5. International Internet bandwidth

72.7556

6. Internet access in schools

1001

Content

18.29 87

1. GitHub commits

2.08101

2. Internet domain registrations

3.2369

3. Mobile apps development

65.1163

4. AI scientific publications

2.7480

Future technologies

36.74 57

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

33.5598

2. Investment in emerging technologies

42.556

3. Robot density

n/a n/a

4. Computer software spending

34.1823
Pillar: People Score: 34.06Rank: 91
SCORERANK

Individuals

58.77 31

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

29.7239

2. ICT skills in the education system

30.3596

3. Use of virtual social networks

81.1624

4. Adult literacy rate

93.8539

5. AI talent concentration

n/a n/a

Businesses

14.83 124

1. Firms with website

n/a n/a

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

3.673

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

36.9782

4. Public cloud computing market scale

3.9368

Governments

28.59 96

1. Government online services

56.2785

2. Data Capabilities

n/a n/a

3. Government promotion of emerging technologies

28.0482

4. Gross expenditure on R&D

1.4598
Pillar: Governance Score: 52.76Rank: 82
SCORERANK

Trust

50.21 70

1. Secure internet servers

47.6092

2. Cybersecurity

52.82104

3. Online access to financial account

n/a n/a

4. Internet shopping

n/a n/a

Regulation

52.08 90

1. Regulatory quality

50.2653

2. ICT regulatory environment

55.0086

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

38.6476

4. E-commerce legislation

7572

5. Privacy protection by law content

41.5299

Inclusion

55.98 83

1. E-Participation

26.09107

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

73.1663

3. Gender gap in Internet use

68.727

4. Rural gap in use of digital payments

n/a n/a
Pillar: Impact Score: 53.16Rank: 66
SCORERANK

Economy

36.60 50

1. ICT patent applications

0.2668

2. Domestic market scale

52.2769

3. Technology-Enabled Work Flexibility

45.1955

4. ICT services exports

48.6914

Quality of life

82.00 15

1. Happiness

75.2727

2. Freedom to make life choices

89.8415

3. Income inequality

n/a n/a

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

79.7930

SDG Contribution

40.86 121

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

95.5646

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

10.00125

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

28.74118

5. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

72.1350

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