Arab AI Governance Lab

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Kuwait KWT

Regulatory maturity stage: Initial   Index: 55.5 (rank 9/19)   Gulf  

Kuwait is placed at the Initial stage in the 2025 release. National AI strategy: None coded; dedicated governance bodies: 0; AI-relevant regulations: 0; data protection law: None coded.

National AI strategy
None coded
Dedicated AI governance bodies
0
AI-relevant regulations
0
Data protection law
None coded
International frameworks referenced
1
OECD.AI registered initiatives
0
GDP per capita, 2023 (US$)
34,076

Index pillars

Regulation25.0
Readiness43.8
Digital government78.1
Cybersecurity75.1

Indicators

Position among Arab League states with data

Oxford Insights AI readiness, 202543.79
UN E-Government Development Index, 2024rank 660.7812
Human Capital Index, 20240.7083
ITU Global Cybersecurity Index75.07
National Cyber Security Indexn/a
Internet users, 2023 (% of population)99.75
AI publications, 202316

Trends

AI readiness score

2020: 50.612023: 49.862025: 43.7950.6143.7920202025

Human Capital Index

2018: 0.6852020: 0.7472022: 0.7712024: 0.7080.6850.70820182024

AI publications per year

2020: 222021: 242022: 312023: 16221620202023

Typology coding

Governance type
To be defined
Regulatory approach
To be defined
Enforcement model
To be defined
Sovereignty posture
To be defined
International alignment
To be defined
Cluster label (M3)
Gulf: framework pending

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Cite this profile

Arab AI Governance Lab (2025). Kuwait: country profile. https://arablab.ai/countries/kuwait/ Data: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MOVIFA

 

Sources: Oxford Insights; UN DESA; World Bank WDI; ITU; e-Governance Academy; OECD.AI; Lab coding (F1, M3).