Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kuwait
Kuwait: Employers, total (% of total employment) was 0.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kuwait, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.8% for employers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employers, total (% of total employment) in Kuwait peaked at 0.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1991.
Kuwait ranks 178th of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.4% | — |
| 1992 | 0.4% | +14.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +19.7% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +20.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 6 |
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More work & labour data for Kuwait
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.801 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7211 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.9054 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2002)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.4407 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,644 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 0 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,171 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,431 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,602 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employers, total (% of total employment) in Kuwait?
- Employers, total (% of total employment) in Kuwait was 0.8% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest employers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1991.
- How does Kuwait rank for employers, total (% of total employment)?
- Kuwait ranks 178th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Employers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s).