OFID Member Countries
Official country name: State of Kuwait
National capital: Kuwait City
Location: At the north-west extreme of the Gulf, bordered to the north-west by Iraq and to the south by Saudi Arabia.
Area: 17,818 km2
| Natural Resources: | petroleum, natural gas, fish, shrimp |
| Structure of output (value added, % of GDP): | n/a |
| Population: | 2.0 million (2001) |
| Urban population: | 96.1% |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years, 2000): | 76.6 |
| Population growth rate: | 3.0% (2001) |
| Principal exports: | petroleum, petroleum products, and manufactures |
| Exports of goods and services: | US$13.92 billion (1999) |
| Principal imports: | ffood and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, iron, steel, textiles and other manufactured goods, chemicals and related products |
| Imports of goods and services: | US$10.96 billion (1999) |
| GDP: | US$28.6 billion (2001) |
| Average Annual growth: | 0.6% (2001) |
| GDP: | US$32.8 billion (2001) |
| Inflation (annual %): | 1.7% (2000) |
| Total external debt: | US$29.0 billion (1999) |
| Total debt service: | US$5.3 billion (1999) |
| Debt service (% of exports of goods and services, 2000): | n/a |
| National currency: | Kuwaiti dinar (KD) |
| Average Exchange Rate: | KD 0.307 = US$1 (2001) |
| OPEC Fund Ministerial Council Member: | H.E. Mustafa Al-Shimali, Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kuwait Investment Authority |
| OPEC Fund Governing Board Representative: | Mr. Abdul Wahab Ahmed Al-Bader, Director-General, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development |
| OPEC Fund Governing Board Alternate: | Mr. Fawzi Yousef Al-Hunaif, Director of Operations, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development |