Country profile

Kuwait

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Professional Accountancy Organisations

Accountancy bodies (PAOs) and their IFAC membership, by country

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IFAC member

Kuwait Assoc. of Accountants (KAAA)

IFAC member · Arab Federation of Accountants and Auditors (AFAA) · Founded 1973

Company Registry Portals

Where company financial statements are filed and published, by country

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PIEs only

Boursa Kuwait – Financial Statements / Ministry of Commerce and Industry Commercial Registry

Listed and supervised companies via CMA; all companies registered with MoCI · CMA (https://www.cma.gov.kw/) publishes listed company financials; private companies: submission only

Accountant & Auditor Salaries

Gross annual pay of accountants and external auditors, in US dollars (2026)

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$20,000–50,000

Accountant: $34,712 a year

  • Accountant: $34,712 a year (modelled estimate)
  • External auditor: $47,846 a year (modelled estimate)
  • Average for all jobs: $46,908 a year

Modelled values use global occupational multipliers; use as directional estimates.

Gross pay in nominal US dollars (2026), not adjusted for living costs.

Country Challenges

The main challenge for accounting and audit in each country, from public evidence (2026)

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Oversight & enforcement

Oversight independence

  • Evidence: Structural inference — inferred from an institutional gap the source describes
  • Scope: Statutory audit

IFAC identifies no independent public audit oversight authority.

Source: Member Country | IFAC (professional framework profile)

GDP per Capita

GDP per capita (current US$), 2025 — World Bank Open Data

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High income · over $14,005

$32,312

GDP per capita (current US$), 2025 · High income · over $14,005

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