Environment in Kuwait

2,186 indicators covering environment for Kuwait.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 8 Hectares 2020 down 20.0% 146th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 14 Hectares 2020 down 12.5% 148th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 6.25 Hectares 2020 unchanged 159th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 1,782 Hectares 2020 unchanged 133rd
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 886 t 2024 up 3,064.3% 38th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 184 1000 USD 2024 up 1,740.0% 46th
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 0.328 Square kilometres 2023 up 64.0% 140th
Urea — Export quantity 547,000 t 2018 down 36.2% 17th
Urea — Export value 134,984 1000 USD 2018 down 71.8% 18th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 0 Patents 2022 down 100.0% 59th
Freshwater Fish — Import quantity 11 1000 t 2023 up 22.2% 65th
Freshwater Fish — Domestic supply quantity 11 1000 t 2023 up 22.2% 112th
Freshwater Fish — Food 11 1000 t 2023 up 22.2% 112th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity 2.23 kg/cap 2023 down 12.2% 91st
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 4.1 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 2.4% 93rd
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 7,249 million Kcal 2023 up 34.9% 114th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 0.58 g/cap/d 2023 down 3.3% 92nd
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 1,029 t 2023 up 34.2% 114th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 0.2 g/cap/d 2023 unchanged 92nd
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 348.33 t 2023 up 35.6% 114th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 0 t 2016 down 100.0% 91st
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 94th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Import value 13.79 1000 USD 2023 up 2,897.8% 85th
Freshwater Fish — Production 0 1000 t 2023 145th
Freshwater Fish — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2023 99th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Import quantity 5.39 t 2023 up 53,800.0% 97th
Share of terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas that are protected 57.6% 2025 up 33.8% 85th
Protected area coverage of marine key biodiversity areas 44.0% 2025 up 196.4% 101st
Average proportion of Terrestrial Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) 57.6% 2025 up 33.9% 90th
Average proportion of Marine Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) covered by 44.0% 2025 up 196.5% 107th
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import quantity 894 m3 2016 65th
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Import value 359 1000 USD 2016 48th
Wood pellets — Import quantity 146 t 2024 up 7.4% 79th
Wood pellets — Import value 92 1000 USD 2024 up 73.6% 72nd
Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Import quantity 1,646 t 2024 up 1,110.3% 69th
Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Import value 826 1000 USD 2024 up 1,458.5% 60th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 343.61 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 17.0% 66th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 30 - Environmental causes 60.35 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants 2019 down 5.2% 81st
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Import quantity 1,500 t 2024 down 45.2% 53rd
Wood briquettes and other agglomerates — Import value 734 1000 USD 2024 down 21.6% 42nd
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Export value 33 1000 USD 2016 81st
Wood fuel, all species (export/import, 1961-2016) — Export quantity 22 m3 2016 123rd
Agriculture area certified organic — Area 0.03 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 159th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Export quantity 1 m3 2024 88th
Oriented strand board (OSB) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 95th
Roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 7,792 m3 2024 up 126.4% 81st
Roundwood, coniferous — Import value 1,204 1000 USD 2024 up 35.7% 84th
Roundwood, coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 128th
Roundwood, coniferous — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 129th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 4,842 m3 2024 up 51.3% 80th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 1,070 1000 USD 2024 down 16.6% 84th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 80 m3 2024 up 14.3% 146th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 17 1000 USD 2024 up 13.3% 149th
15.1.1 Forest area — Value 6.3 1000 ha 2025 up 3.4% 183rd
15.1.1 Forest area as a proportion of total land area — Value 0.35 % 2025 up 2.9% 205th
15.1.1 Land area — Value 1,782 1000 ha 2025 unchanged 145th
15.2.1 Above-ground biomass in forest — Value 58.73 t/ha 2025 down 0.6% 157th
15.2.1 Proportion of forest area within legally established protected 1.31 % 2025 unchanged 154th
Freshwater Fish — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 6th
Share of global plastic waste imports 0.0% 2023 up 273.7% 106th