Economy - overview:
Bahrain is one of the most diversified economies in the Persian Gulf. Highly developed communication and transport facilities make Bahrain home to numerous multinational firms with business in the Gulf. As part of its diversification plans, Bahrain implemented a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US in August 2006, the first FTA between the US and a Gulf state. Bahrain's economy, however, continues to depend heavily on oil. Petroleum production and refining account for more than 60% of Bahrain's export receipts, 70% of government revenues, and 11% of GDP (exclusive of allied industries). Other major economic activities are production of aluminum - Bahrain's second biggest export after oil - finance, and construction. Bahrain competes with Malaysia as a worldwide center for Islamic banking and continues to seek new natural gas supplies as feedstock to support its expanding petrochemical and aluminum industries. Unemployment, especially among the young, is a long-term economic problem Bahrain struggles to address. In 2009, to help lower unemployment among Bahraini nationals, Bahrain reduced sponsorship for expatriate workers, increasing the costs of employing foreign labor. The global financial crisis caused funding for many non-oil projects to dry up and resulted in slower economic growth for Bahrain. Other challenges facing Bahrain include the slow growth of government debt as a result of a large subsidy program, the financing of large government projects, and debt restructuring, such as the bailout of state-owned Gulf Air.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): GDP - composition by sector: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Investment (gross fixed): Budget: Public debt: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Electricity - production: Electricity - consumption: Electricity - exports: Electricity - imports: Oil - production: Oil - consumption: Oil - exports: Oil - imports: Oil - proved reserves: Natural gas - production: Natural gas - consumption: Natural gas - exports: Natural gas - imports: Natural gas - proved reserves: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Exchange rates:
NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 2011 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain Economy 2011 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain Economy 2011 should be addressed to the CIA.
$29.82 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
note:
data are in 2010 US dollars
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$21.73 billion (2009 est.)
[see also: GDP (official exchange rate) country ranks ]
3.9% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
[see also: GDP - real growth rate country ranks ]
$40,400 (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 20
note:
data are in 2010 US dollars
[see also: GDP - per capita country ranks ]
agriculture: 0.5%
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industry:
56.6%
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services:
42.9% (2009 est.)
[see also: GDP - composition by sector - services country ranks ]
611,000
country comparison to the world: 154
note:
44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2009 est.)
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agriculture: 1%
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industry:
79%
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services:
20% (1997 est.)
[see also: Labor force - by occupation - services country ranks ]
15% (2005 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
[see also: Unemployment rate country ranks ]
NA%
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lowest 10%: NA%
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highest 10%:
NA%
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26.6% of GDP (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Investment (gross fixed) country ranks ]
revenues: $5.933 billion
[see also: Budget - revenues country ranks ]
expenditures:
$5.948 billion (2009 est.)
[see also: Budget - expenditures country ranks ]
59.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Public debt country ranks ]
3.3% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
[see also: Inflation rate (consumer prices) country ranks ]
NA% (31 December 2009 est.)
[see also: Commercial bank prime lending rate country ranks ]
$6.372 billion (31 December 2010 est)
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$21.02 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
[see also: Stock of broad money country ranks ]
$18.46 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Stock of domestic credit country ranks ]
$16.93 billion (31 December 2009)
country comparison to the world: 61
[see also: Market value of publicly traded shares country ranks ]
fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish
petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism
1.5% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 138
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10.25 billion kWh (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
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10.1 billion kWh (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Electricity - consumption country ranks ]
0 kWh (2008 est.)
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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48,560 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Oil - production country ranks ]
39,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
[see also: Oil - consumption country ranks ]
238,300 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
[see also: Oil - exports country ranks ]
228,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Oil - imports country ranks ]
124.6 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Oil - proved reserves country ranks ]
12.64 billion cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
[see also: Natural gas - production country ranks ]
12.64 billion cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
[see also: Natural gas - consumption country ranks ]
0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: Natural gas - exports country ranks ]
0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: Natural gas - imports country ranks ]
92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: Natural gas - proved reserves country ranks ]
$589 million (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
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$15.13 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
[see also: Exports country ranks ]
petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles
India 4.2%, Saudi Arabia 2.78% (2009)
$12.14 billion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
[see also: Imports country ranks ]
crude oil, machinery, chemicals
Saudi Arabia 22.91%, France 9.76%, US 7.95%, China 6.4%, South Korea 5.26%, Japan 5.19%, Germany 5.01%, UK 4.34% (2009)
$3.766 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold country ranks ]
$14.68 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
[see also: Debt - external country ranks ]
$15.77 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]
$8.399 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad country ranks ]
Bahraini dinars (BHD) per US dollar - 0.376 (2010), 0.376 (2009), 0.376 (2008), 0.376 (2007), 0.376 (2006)
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