Wheat — Production in Kuwait
Kuwait: Wheat — Production was 55.23 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Kuwait, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Kuwait stood at 55.23 t.
That represents a change of up 16.4% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Kuwait peaked at 727 t in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Kuwait 120th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Production in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 0 t | — |
| 1976 | 0 t | — |
| 1977 | 0 t | — |
| 1978 | 0 t | — |
| 1979 | 0 t | — |
| 1980 | 0 t | — |
| 1981 | 0 t | — |
| 1982 | 0 t | — |
| 1983 | 0 t | — |
| 1984 | 0 t | — |
| 1985 | 5 t | — |
| 1986 | 7 t | +40.0% |
| 1987 | 15 t | +114.3% |
| 1988 | 23 t | +53.3% |
| 1989 | 79 t | +243.5% |
| 1990 | 50 t | -36.7% |
| 1991 | 3 t | -94.0% |
| 1992 | 3 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 72 t | +2300.0% |
| 1994 | 43 t | -40.3% |
| 1995 | 37 t | -14.0% |
| 1996 | 7 t | -81.1% |
| 1997 | 296 t | +4128.6% |
| 1998 | 431 t | +45.6% |
| 1999 | 445 t | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 365 t | -18.0% |
| 2001 | 306 t | -16.2% |
| 2002 | 727 t | +137.6% |
| 2003 | 509 t | -30.0% |
| 2004 | 665 t | +30.6% |
| 2005 | 509 t | -23.5% |
| 2006 | 510 t | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 478 t | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 398 t | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 84 t | -78.9% |
| 2010 | 162 t | +92.9% |
| 2011 | 62 t | -61.7% |
| 2012 | 116 t | +87.1% |
| 2013 | 37 t | -68.1% |
| 2014 | 56 t | +51.4% |
| 2015 | 45 t | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 12 t | -73.3% |
| 2017 | 22 t | +83.3% |
| 2018 | 9 t | -59.1% |
| 2019 | 57 t | +533.3% |
| 2020 | 70 t | +22.8% |
| 2021 | 40 t | -42.9% |
| 2022 | 40 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 47.45 t | +18.6% |
| 2024 | 55.23 t | +16.4% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 55.23 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.09 million t, 0% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 55.23 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 94,000 t, 0% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Production in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +4128.6% | 7 t | 296 t |
| 1993 | +2300.0% | 3 t | 72 t |
| 2019 | +533.3% | 9 t | 57 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.9 t | 0 t | 79 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 138.7 t | 3 t | 445 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 455.1 t | 84 t | 727 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.8 t | 9 t | 162 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.54 t | 40 t | 70 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Kuwait?
- Wheat — production in Kuwait was 55.23 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 727 t in 2002.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Kuwait rank for wheat — production?
- Kuwait ranks 120th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.