What is political civil liberties index in Kuwait?

Political civil liberties index in Kuwait was 0.364 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest political civil liberties index recorded in Kuwait?

The highest recorded value was 0.431 in 1972.

What is the lowest political civil liberties index recorded in Kuwait?

The lowest recorded value was 0.249 in 1990.

How does Kuwait rank for political civil liberties index?

Kuwait ranks 133rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political civil liberties index rising or falling in Kuwait?

Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Kuwait data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political Civil Liberties Index in Kuwait

Name: Political Civil Liberties Index in Kuwait
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Kuwait: Political Civil Liberties Index was 0.364 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.364

Change on year

down 5.9%

World rank

133rd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.431

in 1972

All-time low

0.249

in 1990

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political Civil Liberties Index in Kuwait, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, political civil liberties index in Kuwait stood at 0.364.

That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political civil liberties index in Kuwait peaked at 0.431 in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.249, in 1990.

Kuwait ranks 133rd of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Political Civil Liberties Index in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Political Civil Liberties Index in Kuwait, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.278	—
1790	0.275	-1.1%
1791	0.275	+0.0%
1792	0.275	+0.0%
1793	0.275	+0.0%
1794	0.275	+0.0%
1795	0.275	+0.0%
1796	0.275	+0.0%
1797	0.275	+0.0%
1798	0.275	+0.0%
1799	0.275	+0.0%
1800	0.275	+0.0%
1801	0.275	+0.0%
1802	0.275	+0.0%
1803	0.275	+0.0%
1804	0.275	+0.0%
1805	0.275	+0.0%
1806	0.275	+0.0%
1807	0.275	+0.0%
1808	0.275	+0.0%
1809	0.275	+0.0%
1810	0.275	+0.0%
1811	0.275	+0.0%
1812	0.275	+0.0%
1813	0.275	+0.0%
1814	0.275	+0.0%
1815	0.275	+0.0%
1816	0.275	+0.0%
1817	0.275	+0.0%
1818	0.275	+0.0%
1819	0.275	+0.0%
1820	0.275	+0.0%
1821	0.275	+0.0%
1822	0.275	+0.0%
1823	0.275	+0.0%
1824	0.275	+0.0%
1825	0.275	+0.0%
1826	0.275	+0.0%
1827	0.275	+0.0%
1828	0.275	+0.0%
1829	0.275	+0.0%
1830	0.275	+0.0%
1831	0.275	+0.0%
1832	0.275	+0.0%
1833	0.275	+0.0%
1834	0.275	+0.0%
1835	0.275	+0.0%
1836	0.275	+0.0%
1837	0.275	+0.0%
1838	0.275	+0.0%
1839	0.275	+0.0%
1840	0.275	+0.0%
1841	0.275	+0.0%
1842	0.275	+0.0%
1843	0.275	+0.0%
1844	0.275	+0.0%
1845	0.275	+0.0%
1846	0.275	+0.0%
1847	0.275	+0.0%
1848	0.275	+0.0%
1849	0.275	+0.0%
1850	0.275	+0.0%
1851	0.275	+0.0%
1852	0.275	+0.0%
1853	0.275	+0.0%
1854	0.275	+0.0%
1855	0.275	+0.0%
1856	0.275	+0.0%
1857	0.275	+0.0%
1858	0.275	+0.0%
1859	0.275	+0.0%
1860	0.275	+0.0%
1861	0.275	+0.0%
1862	0.275	+0.0%
1863	0.275	+0.0%
1864	0.275	+0.0%
1865	0.275	+0.0%
1866	0.275	+0.0%
1867	0.275	+0.0%
1868	0.275	+0.0%
1869	0.275	+0.0%
1870	0.275	+0.0%
1871	0.275	+0.0%
1872	0.275	+0.0%
1873	0.275	+0.0%
1874	0.275	+0.0%
1875	0.275	+0.0%
1876	0.275	+0.0%
1877	0.275	+0.0%
1878	0.275	+0.0%
1879	0.275	+0.0%
1880	0.275	+0.0%
1881	0.275	+0.0%
1882	0.275	+0.0%
1883	0.275	+0.0%
1884	0.275	+0.0%
1885	0.275	+0.0%
1886	0.275	+0.0%
1887	0.275	+0.0%
1888	0.275	+0.0%
1889	0.275	+0.0%
1890	0.275	+0.0%
1891	0.275	+0.0%
1892	0.275	+0.0%
1893	0.275	+0.0%
1894	0.275	+0.0%
1895	0.275	+0.0%
1896	0.275	+0.0%
1897	0.275	+0.0%
1898	0.275	+0.0%
1899	0.275	+0.0%
1900	0.302	+9.8%
1901	0.302	+0.0%
1902	0.302	+0.0%
1903	0.302	+0.0%
1904	0.302	+0.0%
1905	0.302	+0.0%
1906	0.302	+0.0%
1907	0.302	+0.0%
1908	0.302	+0.0%
1909	0.302	+0.0%
1910	0.302	+0.0%
1911	0.302	+0.0%
1912	0.302	+0.0%
1913	0.302	+0.0%
1914	0.302	+0.0%
1915	0.302	+0.0%
1916	0.304	+0.7%
1917	0.304	+0.0%
1918	0.304	+0.0%
1919	0.312	+2.6%
1920	0.322	+3.2%
1921	0.317	-1.6%
1922	0.317	+0.0%
1923	0.317	+0.0%
1924	0.317	+0.0%
1925	0.317	+0.0%
1926	0.317	+0.0%
1927	0.317	+0.0%
1928	0.317	+0.0%
1929	0.317	+0.0%
1930	0.317	+0.0%
1931	0.317	+0.0%
1932	0.317	+0.0%
1933	0.317	+0.0%
1934	0.317	+0.0%
1935	0.317	+0.0%
1936	0.317	+0.0%
1937	0.32	+0.9%
1938	0.325	+1.6%
1939	0.322	-0.9%
1940	0.335	+4.0%
1941	0.335	+0.0%
1942	0.335	+0.0%
1943	0.332	-0.9%
1944	0.332	+0.0%
1945	0.332	+0.0%
1946	0.341	+2.7%
1947	0.341	+0.0%
1948	0.341	+0.0%
1949	0.341	+0.0%
1950	0.357	+4.7%
1951	0.357	+0.0%
1952	0.357	+0.0%
1953	0.357	+0.0%
1954	0.357	+0.0%
1955	0.357	+0.0%
1956	0.354	-0.8%
1957	0.354	+0.0%
1958	0.354	+0.0%
1959	0.357	+0.8%
1960	0.39	+9.2%
1961	0.4	+2.6%
1962	0.4	+0.0%
1963	0.406	+1.5%
1964	0.406	+0.0%
1965	0.406	+0.0%
1966	0.423	+4.2%
1967	0.423	+0.0%
1968	0.423	+0.0%
1969	0.423	+0.0%
1970	0.423	+0.0%
1971	0.423	+0.0%
1972	0.431	+1.9%
1973	0.431	+0.0%
1974	0.431	+0.0%
1975	0.431	+0.0%
1976	0.399	-7.4%
1977	0.394	-1.3%
1978	0.394	+0.0%
1979	0.387	-1.8%
1980	0.358	-7.5%
1981	0.364	+1.7%
1982	0.369	+1.4%
1983	0.369	+0.0%
1984	0.369	+0.0%
1985	0.369	+0.0%
1986	0.346	-6.2%
1987	0.339	-2.0%
1988	0.339	+0.0%
1989	0.334	-1.5%
1990	0.249	-25.4%
1991	0.269	+8.0%
1992	0.387	+43.9%
1993	0.382	-1.3%
1994	0.382	+0.0%
1995	0.382	+0.0%
1996	0.382	+0.0%
1997	0.386	+1.0%
1998	0.392	+1.6%
1999	0.392	+0.0%
2000	0.392	+0.0%
2001	0.392	+0.0%
2002	0.394	+0.5%
2003	0.39	-1.0%
2004	0.39	+0.0%
2005	0.404	+3.6%
2006	0.395	-2.2%
2007	0.39	-1.3%
2008	0.393	+0.8%
2009	0.393	+0.0%
2010	0.379	-3.6%
2011	0.379	+0.0%
2012	0.379	+0.0%
2013	0.379	+0.0%
2014	0.368	-2.9%
2015	0.377	+2.4%
2016	0.378	+0.3%
2017	0.391	+3.4%
2018	0.373	-4.6%
2019	0.384	+2.9%
2020	0.381	-0.8%
2021	0.39	+2.4%
2022	0.39	+0.0%
2023	0.401	+2.8%
2024	0.387	-3.5%
2025	0.364	-5.9%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

Kuwait's 0.364 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.893, 41% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Kuwait's 0.364 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.339, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.278	0.278	0.278	1
1790s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1800s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1810s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1820s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1830s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1840s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1850s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1860s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1870s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1880s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1890s	0.275	0.275	0.275	10
1900s	0.302	0.302	0.302	10
1910s	0.3036	0.302	0.312	10
1920s	0.3175	0.317	0.322	10
1930s	0.3186	0.317	0.325	10
1940s	0.3365	0.332	0.341	10
1950s	0.3561	0.354	0.357	10
1960s	0.41	0.39	0.423	10
1970s	0.4144	0.387	0.431	10
1980s	0.3556	0.334	0.369	10
1990s	0.3603	0.249	0.392	10
2000s	0.3933	0.39	0.404	10
2010s	0.3787	0.368	0.391	10
2020s	0.3855	0.364	0.401	6

Countries ranked near Kuwait

130 Cameroon 0.417 compare
131 Djibouti 0.41 compare
132 Uganda 0.368 compare
134 Kazakhstan 0.362 compare
135 Zimbabwe 0.349 compare
136 Burkina Faso 0.346 compare

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More reference data data for Kuwait

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.092 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2888 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.385 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.001 (2050)
Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.385 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3086 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1086 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.53 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.96 (2050)
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0052 (2050)

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Frequently asked questions

What is political civil liberties index in Kuwait?: Political civil liberties index in Kuwait was 0.364 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest political civil liberties index recorded in Kuwait?: The highest recorded value was 0.431 in 1972.
What is the lowest political civil liberties index recorded in Kuwait?: The lowest recorded value was 0.249 in 1990.
How does Kuwait rank for political civil liberties index?: Kuwait ranks 133rd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political civil liberties index rising or falling in Kuwait?: Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political Civil Liberties Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,211 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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