The Acting Director General of the Central Department of Statistics, Mania Al-Qabandi, announced that the average monthly income of a Kuwaiti family in 2021, without calculating the rental value, totaled KD 3,994.9, compared to KD 3,351.1, an increase of 2.2 percent compared to the income and expenditure survey in 2013.
In a conference, titled “Release of the results of the Spending and Income Survey for the year 2021”, Al-Qabandi said that the average monthly income of a non-Kuwaiti family in 2021, without calculating the rental value, amounted to KD 939.8, compared to KD 1,131.5, an increase of 2.3 percent compared to the income survey and spending in 2013.
Al-Qabandi added that the average monthly expenditure of a Kuwaiti family in 2021, without calculating the rental value, amounted to KD 3,296.6, an increase of 5.6 percent compared to the income and expenditure survey in 2013, while the average monthly expenditure of a Kuwaiti family, with calculating the rental value, was KD 4,138.8. On the other hand, the average monthly expenditure of a non-Kuwaiti family in 2021 according to Al-Qabandi, without calculating the rental value, amounted to KD 1,071.3, an increase of 4.4 percent compared to the Income and Expenditure Survey in 2013, while the average monthly expenditure of a non-Kuwaiti family, with calculating the rental value, totaled KD 1,071.3.
She indicated that the Central Administration of Statistics completed the Household Income and Expenditure Survey Project (2019-2021) in cooperation and partnership with the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development and the Office of the United Nations Development Program.
She pointed out that the sample size was determined, which includes 4,032 families distributed over 12 months, at a rate of 336 families per month, as the percentage of Kuwaiti families reached 33.3 percent and 66.7 percent of non-Kuwaiti families distributed in all governorates.
She stated that the results of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey are used as a basis for describing and analyzing a wide range of economic and social issues, the most important of which is providing a broad base of economic, social and demographic data, identifying consumer goods and services in Kuwaiti society at all levels, and identifying the relative distribution of expenditure. Among the most important results of the survey are calculating the average income of households and individuals according to the various sources of income, evaluating the level, structure and trends of household economic well-being in terms of income distribution, and studying the relationship between the population and housing characteristics of households and their income, as well as the relationship between household spending and income.
Al-Qabandi said that the vision of “Kuwait 2035” to transform Kuwait into a financial and commercial center requires a national statistical apparatus that works to strengthen the statistical system and update it with all the required data and latest international statistical standards.
Meanwhile, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Dr. Khaled Mahdi, said that the survey combines the sources of income that each family receives and aspects of spending on basics, luxuries, transportation, housing, and others, indicating that the survey gives a broad breakdown of all aspects of expenditure and income. He pointed out that the results will be published on the official website of the Central Statistical Administration.
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