- Online purchases from overseas websites reached 786.4 million dinars in the first seven months, with credit cards accounting for 65.1% of the total value.
Consumers in Kuwait spent approximately 786.4 million dinars on purchases from foreign websites and online stores during the first seven months of 2026, an average of about 3.7 million dinars per day, according to official data from the Central Bank of Kuwait.
The spending, recorded from January through the end of July, represented approximately 46.4% of the total value of payment transactions conducted outside Kuwait through various channels during the period. Those transactions amounted to about 1.695 billion dinars.
Based on the 212 days covering the January-July period, average daily spending on foreign e-commerce platforms stood at roughly 3.7 million dinars. July recorded the highest value of international e-commerce purchases during the first seven months of the year, with transactions through foreign websites reaching approximately 134.6 million dinars.
Credit cards accounted for the larger share of overseas online spending. Purchases made using credit cards totaled approximately 512 million dinars, compared with 274.4 million dinars through debit cards.
Credit cards therefore represented around 65.1% of the total value of foreign e-commerce purchases, while debit cards accounted for the remaining 34.9%.
Nearly 34 million transactions
The Central Bank data also showed the scale of activity in terms of transaction numbers. Approximately 33.85 million transactions were carried out through foreign websites during the first seven months of 2026, equivalent to an average of about 160,000 transactions per day.
Based on the total spending and number of transactions, the average value of an individual overseas online purchase was approximately 23.2 dinars during the period.
