⚡ Operating Systems in Kuwait

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Kuwait is a Western Asian country with a population of over 4.3 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 20.4% of websites from Kuwait.

Statistics based on 641 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Kuwait in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Windows with a substantial share of 65.6%, followed by Linux with 33.6% and Ubuntu with 8.4%.

Windows 65.6%
Linux 33.6%
Ubuntu 8.4%
CentOS 2.3%
Unix 0.8%
Amazon Linux 0.8%
AlmaLinux 0.8%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Kuwait than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Windows ^(-1)
4. CentOS ^(-1)
5. Unix ^(-1)
6. Amazon Linux ^(-5)
7. AlmaLinux ^(-1)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 7 operating systems used on sites from Kuwait, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	65.6%
2	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	33.6%
3	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments. FreeOpen source$500+/year	8.4%
4	CentOS Raleigh, North Carolina, United States A discontinued open-source Linux distribution compatible with RHEL. Legacy	2.3%
5	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	0.8%
6	Amazon Linux Seattle, Washington, United States A supported and maintained Linux image provided by Amazon Web Services for use on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Free	0.8%
7	AlmaLinux Estero, Florida, United States An open-source, community owned and governed, free enterprise Linux distribution focused on long-term stability. FreeOpen source	0.8%

👉 See Also

🌎 Operating Systems in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 641 websites from Kuwait.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 7 were detected on websites from Kuwait.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.