Debt levels of listed industrial companies fell by 57 percent in 2025
The debts of industrial companies listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange recorded a remarkable decrease during 2025, amounting to 1.27 billion dinars, or 57 percent, to reach 955.7 million dinars, compared to 2.228 billion in 2024.
Data from the past 5 years reveals a fluctuating trajectory in debt levels; debt peaked in 2024 at more than 2.2 billion dinars, while it was at 1.754 billion in 2022, 1.252 billion in 2021, and 1.23 billion in 2020, before declining below one billion in 2025.
In terms of assets, the total assets of companies recorded a notable decline in 2025 to 3.842 billion dinars, compared to 6.867 billion in 2024, reports Al-Rai daily.
Assets had witnessed an upward trend over the past five years, reaching 5.46 billion in 2021, 5.88 billion in 2022, 6.322 billion in 2023, and peaking in 2024 at 6.867 billion, before declining in 2025.
Meanwhile, companies recorded losses of about 177 million, compared to profits of 155.76 million in 2024.
