International Rankings of Bahrain 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Bahrain, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Bahrain, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	106	9.57	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	120	140992	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	5	98.64 %	2018
Internet users - total	131	1.423 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	84	18.50	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	112	272614	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	58	128.95	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	151	1.900 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	98	9.407 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	104	5.854 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	104	10.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	150	1.600 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	67	52.150 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	44	64	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	32	76	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	42	90	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	55	79	2020
Exports	73	27.635 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	100	38.472 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	18	80.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	81	15.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	160	45.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	150	67.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	42	26.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	147	0.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	29	39.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	94	60.40 % of GDP	2017
Gross national saving	35	30	2018
Imports	76	23.399 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	80	0.60 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	72	1.40 %	2017
Labor force	143	831600 US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	138	1 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	15	32 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	58	67 %	2004
Public debt	25	88.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	103	73.870 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	72	2.49 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	37	45011 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	118	2.349 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	137	16.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	132	3.60 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	68	37.980 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	30	226200	2015
Crude oil - production	56	40000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	61	124.600 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	68	26.110 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	73	213.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	1	100	2016
Electricity - imports	88	276.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	91	3.928 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	70	26.810 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	43	15.890 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	37	15.890 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	52	92.030 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	92	61000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	31	245300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	135	14530 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	46	274500 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	70	32 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	72	15 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	6	69 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	160	11	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2	2018
Land use - forest	176	1	2018
Land use - other	12	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	5	2018
Total renewable water resources	167	116.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	125	144.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	142	14.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	104	275.600 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	67	1.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	20	90	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	86	951943.00 tons	2016
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	82	76155 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8.00 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	184	760 sq km	N/A
Area - total	184	760 sq km	N/A
Coastline	134	161 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	174	135 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	135	40 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	160	11	2018
Land use - arable land	138	2	2018
Land use - forest	176	1	2018
Land use - other	12	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	128	5	2018
Total renewable water resources	166	116.000 million	2017
Population Density	8	2009.12 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	16	4 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	106	15.16	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	4	56.14	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	134	6.89	N/A
Birth rate	137	12.50 births/1,000 population	2021
Current Health Expenditure	69	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	195	2.81 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	131	3.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	4	29.80 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	153	26.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	149	23.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	54	2 % of GDP	2017
Hospital bed density	52	1.70 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	128	8.71 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	128	12.31 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	132	10.54 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	45	82 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	43	77 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	44	80 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	101	14.00	2017
Median age - female	91	30 years	2020
Median age - male	59	34 years	N/A
Median age - total	69	33 years	N/A
Net migration rate	99	0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	24	29.80 %	2016
Physicians density	106	0.93 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	151	1.527 million	2021
Population growth rate	93	0.90 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	5	17 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	2	1.31	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	3	1.87	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	3	1.67	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	9	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	3	1.53 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	115	1.68 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	93	12	2012
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	130	3	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	127	5	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	67	1.99	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	20	90	2021
Transportation
Airports	118	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2017
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	42	420.980 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	60	5.877 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	70	42.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Roadways - paved	99	3392 km	2010
Roadways - total	123	4122 km	2010

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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