Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuwait inyika iri kuWestern Asia. Riri kumucheto kuchamhembe kweEastern Arabia kumucheto kwePersian Gulf, rinogoverana miganhu neIraq neSaudi Arabia., Kuwait ine huwandu hwevanhu vane mamirioni 4,2; mamirioni 1,3 maKuwaiti uye mamirioni 2,9 vari vatorwa. Matura emafuta akawanwa muna 1938. Kubva muna 1946 kusvika muna 1982, nyika yacho yakachinja zvikuru. Muma1980, Kuwait yakasangana nenguva yekusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika uye dambudziko rezvehupfumi zvichitevera kudonha kwemusika wemasheya. Muna 1990, Kuwait yakanga
rakapambwa neIraq. Kubatwa kweIraq kwakaguma muna 1991 pashure pokupindira kwechiuto nemauto emubatanidzwa. Pakupera kwehondo, kwakaitwa nhamburiko huru dzokumutsiridza upfumi nokuvakazve zvivako zvinokosha zvenyika.