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Topic 11 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Kuwait: Risk & Resilience
How exposed is a country to crisis, and how ready is it to cope?
Kuwait is placed 62nd of 193 countries on risk & resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: World Risk Index 2.42 (2025); INFORM Risk Index 2.8 (2025).
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62nd
of 193 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
- 2.42World Risk Index, 2025WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
- 2.8INFORM Risk Index, 2025INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
- 0.435Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)
- —Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Kuwait on risk & resilience — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
World Risk Index
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
2.42
WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
Lower is better
Kuwait: 2.42. Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.18 (Monaco) to 46.56 (Philippines); the world median is 4.17.
- World median
- 4.17
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.87 Bahrain
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 9.06 · Saudi Arabia 9.67
Key 2 of 4
INFORM Risk Index
European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
2026 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy)
2.8
INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
Lower is better
Kuwait: 2.8. Across the 191 countries in this edition, values run from 0.7 (Singapore) to 8.5 (South Sudan); the world median is 3.7.
- World median
- 3.7
- Best in Western Asia
- 1.4 Qatar
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 5.8 · Saudi Arabia 2.7
Key 3 of 4
Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 Unported
0.435
ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)
Lower is better
Ranked 86th of 190 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
Kuwait: 0.435. Across the 190 countries in this edition, values run from 0.263 (Norway) to 0.655 (Mauritania); the world median is 0.45.
- World median
- 0.45
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.344 Israel
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 0.497 · Saudi Arabia 0.471
Key 4 of 4
Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2021–2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Adults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
World Bank Group publishes no reading from 2021–2024 for Kuwait, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 142 countries at their latest reading, values run from 16.49 (South Sudan) to 93.69 (Sweden); the world median is 53.85.
- World median
- 53.85
- Best in Western Asia
- 79.33 Saudi Arabia
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 69.1 · Saudi Arabia 79.33
02Over time
Which way Kuwait is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
World Risk Index
WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk) · lower is better
KuwaitWorld median
Kuwait fell from 3.63 in 2000 to 2.42 in 2025; the world median went from 4.55 to 4.17.
Every year’s figures
Year Kuwait World median 2025 2.42 4.17 2024 2.42 4.17 2023 2.40 4.27 2022 2.86 4.08 2021 2.79 4.23 2020 2.79 4.12 2019 2.77 4.23 2018 2.68 4.14 2017 2.21 4.24 2016 2.22 4.23 2015 2.36 4.04 2014 2.73 4.07 2013 2.15 4.08 2012 2.48 4.07 2011 2.13 3.99 2010 2.39 3.86 2009 2.33 3.94 2008 2.23 4.11 2007 2.40 4.41 2006 2.35 4.51 2005 2.36 4.54 2004 2.62 4.42 2003 2.47 4.50 2002 2.30 4.65 2001 2.93 4.37 2000 3.63 4.55 INFORM Risk Index
INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk) · lower is better
KuwaitWorld median
Kuwait fell from 3.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2025; the world median went from 3.6 to 3.7.
Every year’s figures
Year Kuwait World median 2025 2.8 3.7 2024 2.9 3.5 2023 2.9 3.6 2022 3.0 3.6 2021 3.1 3.6 2020 3.0 3.6 2019 3.0 3.6 2018 3.1 3.5 2017 3.2 3.5 2016 3.3 3.6 Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable) · lower is better
KuwaitWorld median
Kuwait fell from 0.46 in 2000 to 0.435 in 2024; the world median went from 0.476 to 0.45.
Every year’s figures
Year Kuwait World median 2024 0.43511 0.449649 2023 0.43411 0.449167 2022 0.43535 0.447422 2021 0.43756 0.447831 2020 0.43965 0.447902 2019 0.43883 0.447883 2018 0.43812 0.449652 2017 0.43815 0.450532 2016 0.43809 0.451843 2015 0.43737 0.451496 2014 0.43583 0.451502 2013 0.43817 0.454946 2012 0.43964 0.454269 2011 0.43770 0.458012 2010 0.44697 0.460715 2009 0.45190 0.464712 2008 0.45410 0.463801 2007 0.45651 0.466738 2006 0.45756 0.468701 2005 0.45690 0.470646 2004 0.45702 0.472029 2003 0.45713 0.471635 2002 0.45772 0.472031 2001 0.45896 0.476366 2000 0.46021 0.475585
03In context
Kuwait beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 193 countries on risk & resilience, never a place within the region.
Kuwait and the countries it borders
Standing among all 193; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | World Risk IndexWorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk) | INFORM Risk IndexINFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk) | Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable) | Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 DaysAdults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 62nd | 2.42 | 2.8 | 0.435 | — |
 Saudi Arabia | 83rd | 9.67 | 2.7 | 0.471 | 79.33 |
 Iraq | 134th | 9.06 | 5.8 | 0.497 | 69.1 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 193.
Placed either side on risk & resilience
The countries immediately above and below Kuwait in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Kuwait is ahead of the world, and behind
18 more statistics filed under risk & resilience, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median7
Statistics on which Kuwait does better than the middle country measured.
World Risk Poll Resilience IndexLloyd's Register Foundation · 2023 · world median 537453No earlier reading
Kuwait: 74 · world median 53 · Resilience Index, 0–100 (higher = more reported capacity to cope with a shock; the mean of individual, household, community and societal sub-indices). Lloyd's Register Foundation, 2024 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 29 to 74; higher is better.
Firms Whose Assets Were Damaged by Extreme WeatherWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 9.4850.0659.485No earlier reading
Kuwait: 0.065 · world median 9.485 · Firms whose physical assets were damaged by extreme weather (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 59.21; lower is better.
Position 161st of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Children's Climate Risk IndexUNICEF · 2020 · world median 53.35No earlier reading
Kuwait: 3.3 · world median 5 · Children's Climate Risk Index (0–10, higher is more risk). UNICEF, 2021 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 8.7; lower is better.
Ranked 128th of 163 by UNICEF (1st = worst).
Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 0.1710.4230.171▲ Improved since 2015
Kuwait: 0.423 · world median 0.171 · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -2.506 to 1.563; higher is better.
Position 89th of 211 · derived.
ND-GAIN Country IndexNotre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 2024 · world median 47.4449.1547.44No real change since 2014
Kuwait: 49.15 · world median 47.44 · ND-GAIN Index (0–100, where 100 is best placed to adapt). Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.42 to 71.85; higher is better.
Ranked 82nd of 190 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN)Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 2024 · world median 0.3870.4180.387▲ Improved since 2014
Kuwait: 0.418 · world median 0.387 · ND-GAIN Readiness (0–1, where 1 is the most ready). Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.137 to 0.749; higher is better.
Ranked 83rd of 192 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct)WRI · 2019 · world median 2.4032.2782.403No earlier reading
Kuwait: 2.278 · world median 2.403 · Riverine flood risk score (0–5). World Resources Institute (WRI), 2023 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 5; lower is better.
Ranked 89th of 163 by WRI (1st = worst).
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Kuwait does worse than the middle country measured.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.48182.283.48No real change since 2015
Kuwait: 182.28 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct)WRI · 2019 · world median 1.66351.663No earlier reading
Kuwait: 5 · world median 1.663 · Baseline water stress score (0–5). World Resources Institute (WRI), 2023 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 5; lower is better.
Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per CapitaFAO · 2022 · world median 2,52802,528No real change since 2012
Kuwait: 0 · world median 2,528 · Renewable internal freshwater (cubic metres per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 445,023; higher is better.
Position 181st of 181 · derived.
Water StressFAO · 2023 · world median 103,85110▼ Worsened since 2013
Kuwait: 3,851 · world median 10 · Freshwater withdrawal as a share of available resources (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.03 to 3,851; lower is better.
Position 1st of 177 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end7
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Stateless Persons by Country of ResidenceUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,31492,0001,314Moved since 2015
Kuwait: 92,000 · world median 1,314 · Stateless persons reported under UNHCR's mandate, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 5 to 1,177,962.
Temperature Change on LandFAO · 2025 · world median 1.4741.9521.474Moved since 2015
Kuwait: 1.952 · world median 1.474 · Change in mean land-surface temperature against the country's own 1951–1980 average, °C. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.34 to 3.294.
Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · 2015 · world median 2.9544.7572.954Moved since 1990
Kuwait: 4.757 · world median 2.954 · Population living below 5 m elevation (% of total population). Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, 2015 edition, data for 2015.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 78.48.
Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,2723,3691,272Moved since 2015
Kuwait: 3,369 · world median 1,272 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 5,224,131.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8366111,836Moved since 2015
Kuwait: 611 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,26938612,269Moved since 2015
Kuwait: 386 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Burned AreaGWIS · 2025 · world median 13,824013,824No real change since 2015
Kuwait: 0 · world median 13,824 · Burned area (hectares). European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50,562,035.
No current reading for Kuwait
Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR and Per Capita Food Supply Variability. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Risk & Resilience among Kuwait’s 15 topics
Risk & Resilience is Kuwait’s 4th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Work & Labour12th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 47th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing49th of 2004/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience62nd of 1933/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 61st of 1842/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 76th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions76th of 1944/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation87th of 1764/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 91st of 1773/4 keys
- Peace & Security103rd of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 136th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge138th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy121st of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equality178th of 1833/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability184th of 1863/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on risk & resilience
The three countries placed highest of 193, and the leaders Kuwait can most readily be measured against.
1
LiechtensteinWestern Europe
1st of 193 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Guido Radig,Inkey · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
2
LuxembourgWestern Europe
2nd of 193 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
DenmarkNorthern Europe
3rd of 193 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Singapore13th4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Qatar=16th3/4 keysThis page
Kuwait62nd3/4 keys
Positions out of 193 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Kuwait on risk & resilience: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Kuwait rank on risk & resilience?
Kuwait is placed 62nd of 193 countries on Risk & Resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (World Risk Index, INFORM Risk Index and Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest World Risk Index figure for Kuwait?
2.42 in 2025 (worldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)), according to Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum. The world median in the same edition was 4.17.
What is the latest INFORM Risk Index figure for Kuwait?
2.8 in 2025 (iNFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)), according to European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. The world median in the same edition was 3.7.
How does Kuwait compare with Iraq on risk & resilience?
Iraq is placed 134th of 193, and Kuwait 62nd. World Risk Index: Iraq 9.06, Kuwait 2.42; INFORM Risk Index: Iraq 5.8, Kuwait 2.8; Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN): Iraq 0.497, Kuwait 0.435.
How have Kuwait’s risk & resilience figures changed?
World Risk Index fell from 3.63 in 2000 to 2.42 in 2025; INFORM Risk Index fell from 3.3 in 2016 to 2.8 in 2025; Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) fell from 0.46 in 2000 to 0.435 in 2024.
Which risk & resilience statistics are missing for Kuwait?
No current reading is published for Kuwait on Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR and Per Capita Food Supply Variability. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This topic does not forecast when a disaster will strike, and it does not measure financial or economic risk. Water stress is measured under Environment & Sustainability. Displacement caused by disasters and the severity of crises already under way are published here as context.
How the Risk & Resilience standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The risk & resilience method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- World Risk Index — Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum, CC BY 4.0
- INFORM Risk Index — European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy)
- Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) — Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, CC BY 3.0 Unported
- Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
The other 18 statistics on this page come from 10 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Kuwait’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Kuwait (banner) — Jack Versloot, CC BY 2.0
- Liechtenstein — Guido Radig,Inkey, CC BY 3.0
- Luxembourg — Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Kuwait: Risk & Resilience — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/kuwait/risk