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	* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $71.79 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_KW" />		* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $71.79 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_KW" />

			===Notable events:===
			* [[Banking crisis]]: 1983<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 372. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-20.</ref>

	===Statistics===		===Statistics===

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	\|Row 4 info = 2,692,526<ref name="CIA_KW">CIA - The World ~~Facebook~~. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_ku.html "Kuwait"], from The World ~~Facebook~~. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>		\|Row 4 info = 2,692,526<ref name="CIA_KW">CIA - The World Factbook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_ku.html "Kuwait"], from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
	\|Row 5 title = Population growth		\|Row 5 title = Population growth
	\|Row 5 info = 3.549%<ref name="CIA_KW" />		\|Row 5 info = 3.549%<ref name="CIA_KW" />
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	==~~External links~~==		==Links==
	* [[Wikipedia:Kuwait\|Kuwait]] on Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Kuwait\|Kuwait]] on Wikipedia
	* [http://www.cbk.gov.kw Central bank] of Kuwait		* [http://www.cbk.gov.kw Central bank] of Kuwait

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{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = Kuwait City
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[Iraq]] 240 km, [[Saudi Arabia]] 222 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = constitutional emirate
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 2,692,526<ref name="CIA_KW">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_ku.html "Kuwait"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth
|Row 5 info = 3.549%<ref name="CIA_KW" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 77.71 years<ref name="CIA_KW" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 2.2% (2004 est.)<ref name="CIA_KW" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 42<ref name="Heritage_KW">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Kuwait "Kuwait"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 66<ref name="Transparency_KW">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Kuwait"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 61<ref name="Business_KW">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Kuwait"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
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Britain oversaw foreign relations and defense for the ruling '''Kuwait'''i AL-SABAH dynasty from 1899 until independence in 1961. Kuwait was attacked and overrun by Iraq on 2 August 1990. Following several weeks of aerial bombardment, a US-led, UN coalition began a ground assault on 23 February 1991 that liberated Kuwait in four days. Kuwait spent more than $5 billion to repair oil infrastructure damaged during 1990-91. The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and reestablished an elected legislature that in recent years has become increasingly assertive. The country witnessed the historic election in May 2009 of four women to its National Assembly.<ref name="CIA_KW" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Kuwaiti dinar (ISO code: KWD)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 2.5% (10 February 2010)<ref name="CIA_KW" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': 5.9% (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_KW" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $16.05 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_KW" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $71.79 billion (31 December 2009)<ref name="CIA_KW" />

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
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! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_KW">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/kw/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Kuwait: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 30 121
| 37 718
| 34 891
| 38 139
| 47 876
| 59 441
| 80 798
| 101 561
| 114 739
| 148 024
|-
! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_KW">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/kw/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Kuwait: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
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! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_KW">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/kw/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Kuwait: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 33.406
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| 45.246
| 42.532
| 38.648
| 37.164
| 46.125
| 47.217
| 47.392
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! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_KW">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/kw/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Kuwait: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-30.</ref>
| 40.168
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| 40.164
| 33.644
| 30.776
| 26.190
| 22.827
| 31.250
| 23.955
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! Debt to revenue (years)
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==References==
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small>
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==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Kuwait|Kuwait]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.cbk.gov.kw Central bank] of Kuwait
* [http://countrystudies.us/persian-gulf-states/#Kuwait Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/country_profiles/791053.stm country profile]
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