The Central Bank of Kuwait clarified that the foreign direct investment figures for Kuwait in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's World Investment Report 2026, issued on July 7, 2026, are preliminary estimates for 2025 rather than Kuwait's official final data, and said the actual figures compiled from balance of payments statistics and published by the central bank provide a more accurate picture of 2025 foreign direct investment flows.
Central Bank of Kuwait2026-07-19
Central Bank of Kuwait clarifies UNCTAD's 2025 Kuwait foreign direct investment figures are preliminary estimates, not official data
The Central Bank of Kuwait said the 2025 Kuwait foreign direct investment data in UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2026 are preliminary estimates and do not represent the country's final official figures. It said the official data based on balance of payments statistics and issued by the central bank provide the more accurate measure of 2025 foreign direct investment flows.