Summary
- Kuwait → United Arab Emirates
- $1.3billion
- United Arab Emirates → Kuwait
- $4billion
- Kuwait’s balance
- -$2.6billion
Balance
Kuwait’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates grew 20.6-fold since 2000
USD billions (current). Kuwait’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.3
- Imports 4
- Balance -2.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1999 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $56 million | $201 million | -$145 million |
| 2001 | $83 million | $216 million | -$133 million |
| 2002 | $80 million | $241 million | -$161 million |
| 2003 | $114 million | $304 million | -$190 million |
| 2004 | $112 million | $433 million | -$320 million |
| 2005 | $267 million | $904 million | -$637 million |
| 2006 | $344 million | $900 million | -$556 million |
| 2007 | $558 million | $1.1 billion | -$505 million |
| 2008 | $667 million | $1.2 billion | -$493 million |
| 2009 | $586 million | $0 | $586 million |
| 2010 | $604 million | $1 billion | -$406 million |
| 2011 | $686 million | $1.6 billion | -$917 million |
| 2012 | $1.2 billion | $4.2 billion | -$3.1 billion |
| 2013 | $1.2 billion | $2.8 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2014 | $1.1 billion | $3 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2015 | $930 million | $3.1 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 2016 | $1.1 billion | $2.8 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2017 | $1.9 billion | $3.5 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2018 | $2.7 billion | $3.6 billion | -$902 million |
| 2019 | $2.2 billion | $3.3 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2020 | $1.4 billion | $2.7 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2021 | $1.6 billion | $4.1 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2022 | $2.3 billion | $4.9 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2023 | $2.9 billion | $4 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2024 | $1.3 billion | $4 billion | -$2.6 billion |
What they sell each other
What Kuwait sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Kuwait
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Shuaiba and Jebel Ali is 464 nautical miles (859 km) long: ≈ 1–1.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or strait.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Kuwait’s 5th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Kuwait was the United Arab Emirates’ 24th (0.9%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Kuwait’s trade
- 5%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Kuwait’s partners
- 5th
- Kuwait in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.9%
- Kuwait’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 24th
Compare with
Other partners of Kuwait
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.