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Kuwait Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics

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Country or Region: Kuwait › Change country
Economic Indicator: Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) › See all Kuwait indicators, › See Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) data for all countries
Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010 › Change year
Full Dataset: from 1980 to 2016
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
National or Regional Currency: Kuwaiti Dinar
Currency Symbol: KWD

Source: National Statistical Office Latest actual data: 2008 Employment type: National definition Primary domestic currency: Kuwaiti dinars Data last updated: 03/2011

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) Statistics for Kuwait , Year 2010 - In Detail

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Kuwait in year 2010 is 1.639 %

This makes Kuwait No. 101 in world rankings according to Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) in year 2010. The world's average Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) value is 4.82 %; Kuwait is 3.18 less than the average.

In the previous year, 2009, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Kuwait was 1.64 % Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Kuwait in 2010 was or will be 0.00% more than it was or will be in 2009.

In the following or forecasted year, 2011, Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Kuwait was or will be 1.64 %, which is 0.00% more than the 2010 figure.

* Source: IMF
Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Kuwait, in other Years
Year %
  2016 1.639
  2015 1.639
  2014 1.639
  2013 1.639
  2012 1.639
  2011 1.639
2010 1.639
  2009 1.639
  2008 1.671
  2007 1.701
  2006 1.37
  2005 1.349
  2004 1.42
  2003 1.221
  2002 1.305
  2001 1.097
  2000 0.777
  1999 0.791
  1998 0.711
  1997 0.699
  1996 1.8
  1995 1.5
  1994 7.183
  1993 3.842
  1992 0.5
  1991 0.5
  1990 0.5
  1989 0.5
  1988 0.5
  1987 0.5
  1986 0.5
  1985 0.5
  1984 0.5
  1983 0.5
  1982 0.5
  1981 0.5
  1980 n/a