What is freedom of association index in Kuwait?

Freedom of association index in Kuwait was 0.07 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Kuwait?

The highest recorded value was 0.137 in 1960.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Kuwait?

The lowest recorded value was 0.06 in 1789.

How does Kuwait rank for freedom of association index?

Kuwait ranks 160th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Kuwait?

Over the last ten years it is down 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Kuwait data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Kuwait

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Kuwait
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Kuwait: Freedom of Association Index was 0.07 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.07

Change on year

down 23.9%

World rank

160th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.137

in 1960

All-time low

0.06

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Kuwait, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, freedom of association index in Kuwait stood at 0.07.

The figure is down 23.9% on the previous year and down 36.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Kuwait peaked at 0.137 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.06, in 1789.

Kuwait ranks 160th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Freedom of Association Index in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Kuwait, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.06	—
1790	0.06	+0.0%
1791	0.06	+0.0%
1792	0.06	+0.0%
1793	0.06	+0.0%
1794	0.06	+0.0%
1795	0.06	+0.0%
1796	0.06	+0.0%
1797	0.06	+0.0%
1798	0.06	+0.0%
1799	0.06	+0.0%
1800	0.06	+0.0%
1801	0.06	+0.0%
1802	0.06	+0.0%
1803	0.06	+0.0%
1804	0.06	+0.0%
1805	0.06	+0.0%
1806	0.06	+0.0%
1807	0.06	+0.0%
1808	0.06	+0.0%
1809	0.06	+0.0%
1810	0.06	+0.0%
1811	0.06	+0.0%
1812	0.06	+0.0%
1813	0.06	+0.0%
1814	0.06	+0.0%
1815	0.06	+0.0%
1816	0.06	+0.0%
1817	0.06	+0.0%
1818	0.06	+0.0%
1819	0.06	+0.0%
1820	0.06	+0.0%
1821	0.06	+0.0%
1822	0.06	+0.0%
1823	0.06	+0.0%
1824	0.06	+0.0%
1825	0.06	+0.0%
1826	0.06	+0.0%
1827	0.06	+0.0%
1828	0.06	+0.0%
1829	0.06	+0.0%
1830	0.06	+0.0%
1831	0.06	+0.0%
1832	0.06	+0.0%
1833	0.06	+0.0%
1834	0.06	+0.0%
1835	0.06	+0.0%
1836	0.06	+0.0%
1837	0.06	+0.0%
1838	0.06	+0.0%
1839	0.06	+0.0%
1840	0.06	+0.0%
1841	0.06	+0.0%
1842	0.06	+0.0%
1843	0.06	+0.0%
1844	0.06	+0.0%
1845	0.06	+0.0%
1846	0.06	+0.0%
1847	0.06	+0.0%
1848	0.06	+0.0%
1849	0.06	+0.0%
1850	0.06	+0.0%
1851	0.06	+0.0%
1852	0.06	+0.0%
1853	0.06	+0.0%
1854	0.06	+0.0%
1855	0.06	+0.0%
1856	0.06	+0.0%
1857	0.06	+0.0%
1858	0.06	+0.0%
1859	0.06	+0.0%
1860	0.06	+0.0%
1861	0.06	+0.0%
1862	0.06	+0.0%
1863	0.06	+0.0%
1864	0.06	+0.0%
1865	0.06	+0.0%
1866	0.06	+0.0%
1867	0.06	+0.0%
1868	0.06	+0.0%
1869	0.06	+0.0%
1870	0.06	+0.0%
1871	0.06	+0.0%
1872	0.06	+0.0%
1873	0.06	+0.0%
1874	0.06	+0.0%
1875	0.06	+0.0%
1876	0.06	+0.0%
1877	0.06	+0.0%
1878	0.06	+0.0%
1879	0.06	+0.0%
1880	0.06	+0.0%
1881	0.06	+0.0%
1882	0.06	+0.0%
1883	0.06	+0.0%
1884	0.06	+0.0%
1885	0.06	+0.0%
1886	0.06	+0.0%
1887	0.06	+0.0%
1888	0.06	+0.0%
1889	0.06	+0.0%
1890	0.06	+0.0%
1891	0.06	+0.0%
1892	0.06	+0.0%
1893	0.06	+0.0%
1894	0.06	+0.0%
1895	0.06	+0.0%
1896	0.06	+0.0%
1897	0.06	+0.0%
1898	0.06	+0.0%
1899	0.06	+0.0%
1900	0.087	+45.0%
1901	0.087	+0.0%
1902	0.087	+0.0%
1903	0.087	+0.0%
1904	0.087	+0.0%
1905	0.087	+0.0%
1906	0.087	+0.0%
1907	0.087	+0.0%
1908	0.087	+0.0%
1909	0.087	+0.0%
1910	0.087	+0.0%
1911	0.087	+0.0%
1912	0.087	+0.0%
1913	0.087	+0.0%
1914	0.087	+0.0%
1915	0.087	+0.0%
1916	0.086	-1.1%
1917	0.086	+0.0%
1918	0.086	+0.0%
1919	0.091	+5.8%
1920	0.094	+3.3%
1921	0.094	+0.0%
1922	0.094	+0.0%
1923	0.094	+0.0%
1924	0.094	+0.0%
1925	0.094	+0.0%
1926	0.094	+0.0%
1927	0.094	+0.0%
1928	0.094	+0.0%
1929	0.094	+0.0%
1930	0.094	+0.0%
1931	0.094	+0.0%
1932	0.094	+0.0%
1933	0.094	+0.0%
1934	0.094	+0.0%
1935	0.094	+0.0%
1936	0.094	+0.0%
1937	0.102	+8.5%
1938	0.108	+5.9%
1939	0.104	-3.7%
1940	0.109	+4.8%
1941	0.109	+0.0%
1942	0.109	+0.0%
1943	0.109	+0.0%
1944	0.109	+0.0%
1945	0.109	+0.0%
1946	0.119	+9.2%
1947	0.119	+0.0%
1948	0.119	+0.0%
1949	0.119	+0.0%
1950	0.128	+7.6%
1951	0.128	+0.0%
1952	0.128	+0.0%
1953	0.128	+0.0%
1954	0.128	+0.0%
1955	0.128	+0.0%
1956	0.128	+0.0%
1957	0.128	+0.0%
1958	0.128	+0.0%
1959	0.121	-5.5%
1960	0.137	+13.2%
1961	0.126	-8.0%
1962	0.126	+0.0%
1963	0.127	+0.8%
1964	0.127	+0.0%
1965	0.127	+0.0%
1966	0.127	+0.0%
1967	0.132	+3.9%
1968	0.133	+0.8%
1969	0.133	+0.0%
1970	0.133	+0.0%
1971	0.13	-2.3%
1972	0.13	+0.0%
1973	0.13	+0.0%
1974	0.13	+0.0%
1975	0.133	+2.3%
1976	0.115	-13.5%
1977	0.115	+0.0%
1978	0.115	+0.0%
1979	0.112	-2.6%
1980	0.104	-7.1%
1981	0.116	+11.5%
1982	0.118	+1.7%
1983	0.118	+0.0%
1984	0.118	+0.0%
1985	0.118	+0.0%
1986	0.106	-10.2%
1987	0.105	-0.9%
1988	0.105	+0.0%
1989	0.1	-4.8%
1990	0.077	-23.0%
1991	0.079	+2.6%
1992	0.104	+31.6%
1993	0.114	+9.6%
1994	0.114	+0.0%
1995	0.114	+0.0%
1996	0.114	+0.0%
1997	0.114	+0.0%
1998	0.116	+1.8%
1999	0.117	+0.9%
2000	0.118	+0.9%
2001	0.118	+0.0%
2002	0.118	+0.0%
2003	0.116	-1.7%
2004	0.114	-1.7%
2005	0.114	+0.0%
2006	0.117	+2.6%
2007	0.119	+1.7%
2008	0.116	-2.5%
2009	0.114	-1.7%
2010	0.111	-2.6%
2011	0.111	+0.0%
2012	0.114	+2.7%
2013	0.114	+0.0%
2014	0.111	-2.6%
2015	0.111	+0.0%
2016	0.111	+0.0%
2017	0.123	+10.8%
2018	0.12	-2.4%
2019	0.122	+1.7%
2020	0.121	-0.8%
2021	0.116	-4.1%
2022	0.121	+4.3%
2023	0.131	+8.3%
2024	0.092	-29.8%
2025	0.07	-23.9%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

Kuwait's 0.07 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.868, 8% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Kuwait's 0.07 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.29, 24% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.06	0.06	0.06	1
1790s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1800s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1810s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1820s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1830s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1840s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1850s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1860s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1870s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1880s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1890s	0.06	0.06	0.06	10
1900s	0.087	0.087	0.087	10
1910s	0.0871	0.086	0.091	10
1920s	0.094	0.094	0.094	10
1930s	0.0972	0.094	0.108	10
1940s	0.113	0.109	0.119	10
1950s	0.1273	0.121	0.128	10
1960s	0.1295	0.126	0.137	10
1970s	0.1243	0.112	0.133	10
1980s	0.1108	0.1	0.118	10
1990s	0.1063	0.077	0.117	10
2000s	0.1164	0.114	0.119	10
2010s	0.1148	0.111	0.123	10
2020s	0.1085	0.07	0.131	6

Countries ranked near Kuwait

157 Tajikistan 0.106 compare
158 Myanmar 0.105 compare
159 Iran 0.093 compare
160 Belarus 0.07 compare
162 Vatican 0.065 compare
163 Turkmenistan 0.058 compare

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More social development data for Kuwait

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 386 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 3,369 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Kuwait?: Freedom of association index in Kuwait was 0.07 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Kuwait?: The highest recorded value was 0.137 in 1960.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Kuwait?: The lowest recorded value was 0.06 in 1789.
How does Kuwait rank for freedom of association index?: Kuwait ranks 160th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Kuwait?: Over the last ten years it is down 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kuwait data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.