Official exchange rate in Kuwait
Kuwait: Official exchange rate was 0.3065 LCU per US$, period average in 2025. ▼ Falling
Official exchange rate in Kuwait, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in LCU per US$, period average.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.3065 LCU per US$, period average for official exchange rate in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, official exchange rate in Kuwait peaked at 0.3571 LCU per US$, period average in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.2688 LCU per US$, period average, in 2008.
Kuwait ranks 214th of 214 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3571 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3571 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3571 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3052 LCU per US$, period average | 0.2751 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3571 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2867 LCU per US$, period average | 0.2703 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3008 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3003 LCU per US$, period average | 0.2932 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3048 LCU per US$, period average | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.2933 LCU per US$, period average | 0.2688 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3068 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2923 LCU per US$, period average | 0.276 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3036 LCU per US$, period average | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3057 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3016 LCU per US$, period average | 0.3072 LCU per US$, period average | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Kuwait
- Net migration 42,775 (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 8.41 (2025)
- Net domestic credit 46.30 billion current LCU (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 4.9% (2025)
- Broad money 87.4% (2025)
- Net foreign assets 28.58 billion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 4.9% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 4.9% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. -16.9% (2025)
- Claims on central government 6.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official exchange rate in Kuwait?
- Official exchange rate in Kuwait was 0.3065 LCU per US$, period average in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest official exchange rate recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3571 LCU per US$, period average in 1960.
- What is the lowest official exchange rate recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2688 LCU per US$, period average in 2008.
- How does Kuwait rank for official exchange rate?
- Kuwait ranks 214th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official exchange rate rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Official exchange rate refers to the exchange rate determined by national authorities or to the rate determined in the legally sanctioned exchange market. This indicator represents the ratio of Local Currency Units relative to United States dollars.This indicator is derived as an average over the reference period.