Summary
- Kuwait → United States
- $1.7billion
- United States → Kuwait
- $3.5billion
- Kuwait’s balance
- -$1.9billion
Balance
Kuwait’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Kuwait and the United States grew 87% since 1995
USD billions (current). Kuwait’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.7
- Imports 3.5
- Balance -1.9
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $1.4 billion | $1.3 billion | $80 million |
| 1996 | $1.8 billion | $1.9 billion | -$164 million |
| 1997 | $2 billion | $1.3 billion | $680 million |
| 1998 | $1.5 billion | $1.4 billion | $21 million |
| 1999 | $1.6 billion | $863 million | $696 million |
| 2000 | $2.8 billion | $840 million | $1.9 billion |
| 2001 | $1.9 billion | $905 million | $1 billion |
| 2002 | $2 billion | $1 billion | $988 million |
| 2003 | $2.4 billion | $1.4 billion | $1.1 billion |
| 2004 | $3.4 billion | $1.5 billion | $1.9 billion |
| 2005 | $4.5 billion | $1.9 billion | $2.6 billion |
| 2006 | $4.2 billion | $2.2 billion | $2 billion |
| 2007 | $4.3 billion | $2.7 billion | $1.6 billion |
| 2008 | $7.5 billion | $2.9 billion | $4.5 billion |
| 2009 | $4 billion | $1.8 billion | $2.2 billion |
| 2010 | $5.6 billion | $2.8 billion | $2.8 billion |
| 2011 | $8 billion | $2.8 billion | $5.2 billion |
| 2012 | $13.3 billion | $2.6 billion | $10.7 billion |
| 2013 | $12.9 billion | $2.8 billion | $10.1 billion |
| 2014 | $11.7 billion | $3.8 billion | $7.9 billion |
| 2015 | $4.7 billion | $2.9 billion | $1.8 billion |
| 2016 | $3.4 billion | $3 billion | $384 million |
| 2017 | $2.9 billion | $3.6 billion | -$645 million |
| 2018 | $2 billion | $3.2 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2019 | $1.3 billion | $3 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2020 | $611 million | $2.4 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2021 | $1.1 billion | $2.9 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2022 | $2.2 billion | $3.4 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2023 | $1.7 billion | $3.5 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2024 | $1.7 billion | $3.5 billion | -$1.9 billion |
What they sell each other
What Kuwait sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States 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 Los Angeles is 11,897 nautical miles (22,033 km) long: ≈ 27.5–35.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.
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 States was Kuwait’s 6th largest trading partner (5% of its trade), and Kuwait was the United States’ 66th (0.1%).
- The United States in Kuwait’s trade
- 4.9%
- The United States’ rank among Kuwait’s partners
- 6th
- Kuwait in the United States’ trade
- 0.1%
- Kuwait’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 66th
Compare with
Other partners of Kuwait
Other partners of the United States
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.