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Kuwait

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Kuwait City

Rank #65 of 173

30.9Strength score

Photos

Area Support Group – Kuwait Soldiers Conduct the Army Fitness Test (10025478)
Area Support Group – Kuwait Soldiers Conduct the Army Fitness Test (10025478)U.S. Army photo by Claudia LaMantia · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Kuwait ship model
Kuwait ship modelAshashyou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
DC-9 Kuwait Air Force (16041217704)
DC-9 Kuwait Air Force (16041217704)Rob Schleiffert from Holland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance83
  • Air power—
  • Manpower68
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$8.1B #36
Budget as % of GDP
4.69% #13
Spending per person
$1,662 #10
GDP
$157.2B #58
Population
4,865,298 #126

Manpower

Active personnel
25,000 (World Bank figure) #96
Reserve personnel
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Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
25,000 #98

Land forces

Tanks
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Armoured vehicles
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Self-propelled artillery
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Towed artillery
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Rocket launchers (MLRS)
—

Air power

Total aircraft
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Fighter jets
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Attack aircraft & bombers
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Transport aircraft
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Helicopters
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Attack helicopters
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Naval power

Total naval vessels
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Aircraft carriers
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Helicopter carriers
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Submarines
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Destroyers
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Frigates
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Corvettes
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Patrol vessels
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Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
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Weapons Kuwait uses (7)

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M1 AbramsM1 AbramsMain battle tanks English Electric LightningEnglish Electric LightningFighter aircraft de Havilland Firestreakde Havilland FirestreakAir-to-air missiles Um Al Maradim-class missile boatUm Al Maradim-class missile boatFast attack craft KNS Al-GarohKNS Al-GarohPatrol vessels TNC-45Fast attack craft Al Boom-class missile boatFast attack craft

Weapons made in Kuwait (2)

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Um Al Maradim-class missile boatUm Al Maradim-class missile boatFast attack craft Al Boom-class missile boatFast attack craft

Others in the region

  1. 5Pakistan79.4 VS
  2. 9Israel75.3 VS
  3. 13Egypt, Arab Rep.72.9 VS
  4. 14Iran, Islamic Rep.71.8 VS
  5. 15Saudi Arabia70.9 VS
  6. 16Algeria69.6 VS
  7. 29United Arab Emirates64.4 VS
  8. 30Iraq64.1 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)