Unemployment rate: Kuwait
2.181% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.181 |
| 2024 | 2.151 |
| 2023 | 2.08 |
| 2022 | 2.133 |
| 2021 | 2.97 |
| 2020 | 3.489 |
| 2019 | 2.213 |
| 2018 | 2.202 |
| 2017 | 2.23 |
| 2016 | 2.16 |
| 2015 | 2.2 |
| 2014 | 2.9 |
| 2013 | 2.465 |
| 2012 | 2.227 |
| 2011 | 2.051 |
| 2010 | 1.82 |
| 2009 | 1.64 |
| 2008 | 1.75 |
| 2007 | 1.5 |
| 2006 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 1.455 |
| 2004 | 1.7 |
| 2003 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | 1.1 |
| 2001 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 0.7 |
| 1998 | 0.7 |
| 1997 | 0.7 |
| 1996 | 0.7 |
| 1995 | 0.694 |
| 1994 | 0.7 |
| 1993 | 0.8 |
| 1992 | 0.878 |
| 1991 | 0.884 |