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Bahrain

Headline economic indicators for Bahrain, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · -0.1% -1.06 (-115.0%)
Consumer price index · 120.5 -0.17 (-0.1%)
GDP deflator inflation · 0.2% +0.90 (+133.9%)

GDP

GDP — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 3.5% +0.58 (+20.2%)
GDP per capita · 30,596.58 +879.44 (+3.0%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 38,652 +1,328 (+3.6%)
GDP · 48,965,725,531.91 +1,754,992,819 (+3.7%)
GDP, PPP · 113,620,836,223 +6,814,393,217 (+6.4%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 70,997 +3,767 (+5.6%)
GDP per capita growth · 2.7% +0.58 (+27.0%)
GNI per capita · 28,790 +620.00 (+2.2%)
Agriculture to GDP · 0.2% -0.00 (-1.8%)
Industry to GDP · 41.2% -0.97 (-2.3%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 19.9% +0.03 (+0.1%)
Services to GDP · 54.3% +1.02 (+1.9%)
Household consumption to GDP · 39.8% +0.98 (+2.5%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 28.4% -0.81 (-2.8%)
Gross savings to GDP · 33.4% -1.70 (-4.8%)

Labour

Labour — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 1.1% +0.02 (+1.7%)
Labour force participation rate · 70.4% -0.14 (-0.2%)
Female labour force participation rate · 42.3% -0.11 (-0.3%)
Youth unemployment rate · 5.4% -0.05 (-1.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 69.7% -0.15 (-0.2%)
Employment in agriculture · 0.8% -0.02 (-2.5%)
Employment in industry · 34.9% -0.13 (-0.4%)
Employment in services · 64.3% +0.16 (+0.2%)

Money

Money — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 15.3% +7.84 (+105.7%)
Broad money to GDP · 82.1% +7.51 (+10.1%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 70.6% +9.22 (+15.0%)
Lending rate · 5.2% -0.71 (-12.1%)
Bank deposit rate · 1.0% +0.01 (+1.2%)
Stock market capitalization to GDP · 43.5% +0.29 (+0.7%)
Official exchange rate · 0.38 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · 5.8% +0.93 (+19.3%)
Exports to GDP · 87.5% +0.14 (+0.2%)
Imports to GDP · 70.0% -0.10 (-0.1%)
Trade to GDP · 157.5% +0.03 (+0.0%)
Exports of goods and services · 41,303,457,446.81 +953,989,362 (+2.4%)
Imports of goods and services · 33,044,414,893.62 +665,159,574 (+2.1%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · 8,806,994,680.85 +547,952,128 (+6.6%)
Current account balance (annual) · 2,822,340,425.53 +540,425,532 (+23.7%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 1.7% -4.05 (-70.7%)
Total reserves, including gold · 5,269,794,300.52 +321,091,541 (+6.5%)
Reserves in months of imports · 1.4 +0.02 (+1.4%)

Government

Government — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 111.6% +20.24 (+22.2%)
Government revenue to GDP · 15.5% -3.63 (-19.0%)
Government expense to GDP · 26.1% +4.35 (+20.0%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 2.8% -0.06 (-1.9%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -12.4% -7.90 (-175.8%)
Government consumption to GDP · 14.1% -0.53 (-3.6%)
Education spending to GDP · 1.9% +0.18 (+10.3%)
Health spending to GDP · 4.0% +0.10 (+2.7%)

Demography

Demography — Bahrain
Indicator Value Change
Population · 1,600,366 +11,696 (+0.7%)
Population, long-run history · 1,521 +9.26 (+0.6%)
Population growth · 0.7% -0.00 (-0.0%)
Life expectancy · 81.4 +0.14 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 1.81 -0.02 (-1.0%)
Birth rate · 12.0 -0.43 (-3.4%)
Death rate · 2.2 +0.12 (+5.8%)
Urban population share · 100.0% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Population aged 65 and over · 4.0% +0.16 (+4.2%)
Under-five mortality rate · 8.8 +0.20 (+2.3%)
Population density · 1,985.8 +14.51 (+0.7%)
Net migration · 18,128 -4,571 (-20.1%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Bahrain; the database as a whole is cited above.

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