_#_Industrial production: growth rate 3% (1988); accounts for 52% of GDP
_#_Electricity: 8,290,000 kW capacity; 10,000 million kWh produced, 5,000 kWh per capita (1989)
_#_Industries: petroleum, petrochemicals, desalination, food processing, salt, construction
_#_Agriculture: virtually none; dependent on imports for food; about 75% of potable water must be distilled or imported
_#_Economic aid: donor—pledged $18.3 billion in bilateral aid to less developed countries (1979-89)
_#_Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (plural—dinars); 1 Kuwaiti dinar (KD) = 1,000 fils
_#_Exchange rates: Kuwaiti dinars (KD) per US$1—0.2915 (January 1990), 0.2937 (1989), 0.2790 (1988), 0.2786 (1987), 0.2919 (1986), 0.3007 (1985)
_#_Fiscal year: 1 July-30 June
_*Communications #_Highways: 3,000 km total; 2,500 km bituminous; 500 km earth, sand, light gravel
_#_Pipelines: crude oil, 877 km; refined products, 40 km; natural gas, 165 km