11.6 billion dinars total public debt

The weekly Al-Shal report stated that the Central Bank of Kuwait noted in its monthly monetary statistical bulletin for September 2026, published on its website, that the total balance of domestic public debt instruments (including bonds and swap operations since April 2016) rose by 2.3 billion Kuwaiti dinars to reach 3.9 billion Kuwaiti dinars at the end of September 2026, compared to its level at the end of September 2025, representing approximately 8.5% of the estimated 2026 gross domestic product (GDP) of 45.940 billion Kuwaiti dinars (EIU estimates), excluding external public debt. The figures indicate that total external public debt reached approximately 21.75 billion US dollars by the end of September 2026. Adding the sovereign bonds issued by Kuwait last October worth 3.25 billion US dollars, which are not covered by the bulletin, brings total external public debt to approximately 25 billion US dollars, or roughly 7.7 billion Kuwaiti dinars. Including domestic debt, total public debt rises to approximately 11.6 billion Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to about 25.2% of GDP.