COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2019
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Kuwait
Population (million people) 3.9 2015
GDP (current million US$) 112,812 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 67,113 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 4.53 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 3.15 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.22 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 4.40 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) N/A 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 4.06 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.64 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 8.89 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.50 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 1,277,674 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 80 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 9,221 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 340 2014
Motorways (Km)
Highways, main or national roads (Km)
Secondary or regional roads (Km)
Other roads (Km)
Total length of roads (Km) 7,321 2013
Paved roads (%) 85 2013
Paved roads (Km) 4,887 2013
Non-paved roads (Km) 862 2013
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 0.1 2013
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.88 2013
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.41 2013
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 547 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 629 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 18.7 2013
Rail lines (total route-km)
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area)
Rail network density (km/1 million population)
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km)
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km)
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 275.8 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 3,655,366 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.939 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 3.70 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 15.3 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 13.4 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 231.76 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1.37 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 82.08 2015