Kuwait's economy is expected to grow between three and 3.5 per cent this year, the country's central bank governor said on Wednesday.

Mohammad al-Hashel also told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of Gulf central bankers that there would be less non-performing loans in Kuwait this year compared to 2013.

Analysts in a Reuters poll in January expected GDP growth of 2.8 per cent in Kuwait in 2013 and 3 per cent in 2014.-Reuters