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, shrimps |
| National currency: | Kuwaiti dinar (KD) |
| Principal exports: | petroleum & petroleum products, fertilzers |
| Principal imports: | machinery and transport equipment, foodstuffs, textiles and other manufactured goods |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Population: | 2.93 million (2008) |
| Average annual population growth rate (2008-15): | 2.1% |
| Adult literacy rate: | 94.5% (2007) |
| Life expectancy at birth (total years, 2007) | 77.5 |
| GDP growth (annual %): | -1.2% (2009) |
| GDP current: | US$158.09 billion (2008) |
| GDP per capita: | US$54,050 (2008) |
| Structure of Output (in % total GDP) 2008 |
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| Agriculture, value added (% of GDP): |
0.0 |
| Industry, value added (% of GDP): |
55% |
| Manufacturing: | 4% |
| Services, value added (% of GDP): |
45% |
| Exports of goods & services: | US$45.68 billion (2009) |
| Imports of goods & services (annual % growth): | 19.2% (2009) |
| Current account balance (% of GDP): |
19.2% (2009) |
| Official exchange rate: Rials per US$ 2009: | 3.475 |
| OFID Ministerial Council Member: | HE Mustafa Al-Shimali, Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Investment Authority |
| OFID Governing Board Representative: | Mr. Abdul Wahab Ahmed Al-Bader, Director-General, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development |
| OFID Governing Board Alternate: | Mr. Fawzi Yousef Al-Hunaif, Director of Operations, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development |