Bahrain

  • Key Indicators

    Summary statistics
    Region: Western Asia 
    Surface Area (sq. km) 2014: 771
    Population 2023: 1,485,509
    Capital city 2023: Manama 
    Currency 2015: Bahraini Dinar (BHD) 

     

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) 2.2 3.4 3
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 38.87 43.54 45.03
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 26,135.78 28,691.77 29,076.32
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) -0.6 3.50 3.40
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 10,289    
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 13,225    
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 14,188    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 22,369    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 3,326,982    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 7,417,825    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) 2.602 3.732 2.229
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) 6.7 8.6 5
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -11.1 -4.7 -6
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 128.5 119.5 121.7
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 1,463,265 1,472,233 1,485,509
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 1.53 5.5 4.4

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