Kuwait vs Lithuania

Kuwait and Lithuania compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Kuwait has about 1.7 times as many people as Lithuania: 4.9 million against 2.9 million in 2025.
• GDP per person is about the same in Kuwait ($32,312) and Lithuania ($32,959) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Lithuania (2.9%) than in Kuwait (2.7%), a difference of 0.2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Lithuania (3.8%) than in Kuwait (2.4%), a difference of 1.4 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Lithuania (6.7%) than in Kuwait (2.2%), a difference of 4.5 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Kuwait can expect to live 7.4 years longer than one born in Lithuania: 84.6 years against 77.2 years in 2024.
• The population of Lithuania is older: half of its people are over 42.1 years, against 34.5 years in Kuwait in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Kuwait (100% in 2025) than in Lithuania (89.2% in 2024), a difference of 10.8 percentage points.
• CO2 emissions per person in Kuwait (23.7 tonnes) are about 5.3 times as high as in Lithuania (4.5 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Lithuania (35.4%) than in Kuwait (0.4%), a difference of 35 percentage points in 2024.