Kuwait

Kuwait ( (listen); Arabic: الكويت‎ al-Kuwait, Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [ɪl‿ɪkweːt] or [lɪkweːt]), officially the State of Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت‎ Dawlat al-Kuwait), is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it borders Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. As of 2016, Kuwait has a population of 4.5 million people: 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 3.2 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for approximately 70% of the population.Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. In 1946, crude oil was exported for the first …

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SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 20 January 2025 German

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Illustration: Nach dem irakischen Einmarsch in Kuwait im Sommer 1990 wurde Saddam Husseins Armee durch


WHO: World Health Organization · 19 January 2025 English

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IEA: International Energy Agency · 17 January 2025 English

The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world's most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics …

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IEA: International Energy Agency · 17 January 2025 English

From 2000 to 2023, Iraq experienced an average warming rate of 0.48 °C per decade, exceeding the global average of 0.37 °C. Temperatures are set to continue to rise, and …

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15 January 2025 English

Geopolitical conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine and rising tensions in the Middle East, have reshaped trade flows, deepened regional dependencies, and highlighted the fragility of global energy systems. …

emissions vary widely, with countries such as Qatar and Kuwait among the highest emitters, while larger economies


World Bank Group · 14 January 2025 English

A large body of literature studies the relationship between corruption and economic outcomes, including government revenue mobilization, but there is little evidence on how this relationship changes during times of …

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CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 13 January 2025

Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his commitment to his policy agenda will challenge U.S. relations with Southeast Asia. This compilation looks to understand how the region views …

the purchase of legacy F-18 *ghter aircra9 from Kuwait, as well as advanced U.S. equipment for additional


World Bank Group · 13 January 2025 English

This paper develops a method to predict comparable income and consumption distributions for all countries in the world from a simple regression with a handful of country-level variables. To fit …

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World Bank Group · 13 January 2025 English

This paper develops a method to predict comparable income and consumption distributions for all countries in the world from a simple regression with a handful of country-level variables. To fit …

Isle of Man Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. Kosovo Kuwait Libya Liechtenstein Macao SAR, China Monaco


UN: The United Nations · 10 January 2025 English

Formats Add to Basket Details SymbolE/CN.4/RES/1998/65 TitleSituation of human rights in Iraq. [...] Related resourceE/1998/23 AuthorsUN. [...] Commission on Human Rights (54th sess. : 1998 : Geneva) Date1998 Notes Adopted …


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