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Kuwait
Kuwait places Islamic banks in a dedicated section of its central-bank law and supervisory instructions.
Islamic institutions have bank-level Sharīʿah boards, while the central bank provides a higher supervisory mechanism for referred questions.
Islamic institutions have bank-level Sharīʿah boards, while the central bank provides a higher supervisory mechanism for referred questions.
Kuwait connects Islamic institutional depth with an oil-centred political economy and substantial state capacity.
A differentiated banking law does not settle who ultimately benefits from financial circulation or asset ownership.
The public aggregates cannot separate hydrocarbon-cycle effects from banking-form effects.
Descriptive comparison
Gross capital formation
Latest available year: 2024.
Kuwait
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| Series | Year | Gross capital formation (% of GDP) | Source note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait · 2000 | 2,000 | 10.67 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2001 | 2,001 | 14.3 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2002 | 2,002 | 17.13 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2003 | 2,003 | 16.63 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2004 | 2,004 | 18.19 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2005 | 2,005 | 16.43 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2006 | 2,006 | 16.16 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2007 | 2,007 | 20.46 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2008 | 2,008 | 17.63 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2009 | 2,009 | 17.97 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2010 | 2,010 | 17.66 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2011 | 2,011 | 13.55 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2012 | 2,012 | 12.84 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2013 | 2,013 | 14.35 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2014 | 2,014 | 16.29 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2015 | 2,015 | 25.43 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2016 | 2,016 | 29.96 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2017 | 2,017 | 27.73 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2018 | 2,018 | 25.55 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2019 | 2,019 | 23 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2020 | 2,020 | 18.65 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2021 | 2,021 | 14.47 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2022 | 2,022 | 16.55 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2023 | 2,023 | 17.76 | Authorised country-level annual series |
| Kuwait · 2024 | 2,024 | 15.1 | Authorised country-level annual series |
What this visual showsA verified country trajectory in the measure’s stated unit.
What it does not establishA causal effect of Islamic finance on the observed outcome.
Descriptive comparison
Financing directed towards FIRE-related activities
Country-year medians by bank type. Each point reports its covered-bank count.
FIRE ordinarily refers to finance, insurance and real estate. Here the measure is broader: it captures bank financing reported for financial institutions, insurance, real estate and consumer-durable activities. It is used as a proxy for firm-level financialisation. The measure does not imply that every underlying financing claim is speculative, harmful or unproductive. It is a sectoral-allocation proxy and a level measure that is sensitive to bank size.
ConventionalIslamic
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| Series | Year | Logged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units) | Source note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional · 2000 | 2,000 | 26.34 | 1 covered bank |
| Islamic · 2000 | 2,000 | 21.93 | 1 covered bank |
| Conventional · 2001 | 2,001 | 26.16 | 1 covered bank |
| Islamic · 2001 | 2,001 | 22.43 | 1 covered bank |
| Conventional · 2002 | 2,002 | 25.96 | 1 covered bank |
| Islamic · 2002 | 2,002 | 22.52 | 1 covered bank |
| Conventional · 2003 | 2,003 | 26.24 | 3 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2003 | 2,003 | 22.72 | 1 covered bank |
| Conventional · 2004 | 2,004 | 28 | 4 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2004 | 2,004 | 22.82 | 1 covered bank |
| Conventional · 2005 | 2,005 | 27.53 | 4 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2005 | 2,005 | 21.86 | 2 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2006 | 2,006 | 27.93 | 4 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2006 | 2,006 | 22.15 | 2 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2007 | 2,007 | 28.11 | 3 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2007 | 2,007 | 21.49 | 3 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2008 | 2,008 | 28.67 | 5 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2008 | 2,008 | 21.63 | 3 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2009 | 2,009 | 25.06 | 3 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2009 | 2,009 | 21.72 | 3 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2010 | 2,010 | 25.22 | 3 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2010 | 2,010 | 21.7 | 3 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2011 | 2,011 | 24.91 | 3 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2011 | 2,011 | 21.57 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2012 | 2,012 | 26.05 | 4 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2012 | 2,012 | 21.66 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2013 | 2,013 | 28.27 | 6 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2013 | 2,013 | 22.06 | 3 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2014 | 2,014 | 28.44 | 6 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2014 | 2,014 | 22.26 | 3 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2015 | 2,015 | 28.34 | 6 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2015 | 2,015 | 21.84 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2016 | 2,016 | 28.17 | 6 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2016 | 2,016 | 21.96 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2017 | 2,017 | 28.05 | 7 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2017 | 2,017 | 22.24 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2018 | 2,018 | 27.98 | 7 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2018 | 2,018 | 22.34 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2019 | 2,019 | 27.9 | 7 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2019 | 2,019 | 22.71 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2020 | 2,020 | 27.81 | 7 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2020 | 2,020 | 22.82 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2021 | 2,021 | 27.82 | 7 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2021 | 2,021 | 22.96 | 4 covered banks |
| Conventional · 2022 | 2,022 | 28.03 | 7 covered banks |
| Islamic · 2022 | 2,022 | 23.03 | 4 covered banks |
What this visual showsDescriptive median logged volumes among covered banks.
What it does not establishA bank-size-adjusted or causal difference between bank types.
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