International Rankings of Bahrain 2023, 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	45	9	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	125	148928	2020
Internet users - percent of population	1	100 %	2021
Internet users - total	142	1.500 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	18	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	112	266741	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	131	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	152	1.923 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	55	0.4 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	79	13.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	90	12.630 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	96	9.168 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	104	10.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	162	2.435 billion US Dollars	2018
Debt - external	67	52.150 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	75	30.097 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	101	38.472 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	18	80.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	81	15.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	162	45.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	154	67.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	42	26.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	147	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	29	39.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	101	60.4 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	80	27.187 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	145	0.4 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	182	0.61 %	2021
Labor force	151	819100 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	16	32 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	62	67 %	2004
Population below poverty line	160	N/A %	0
Public debt	31	88.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	103	72.267 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	146	2.23 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	28	49400 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	102	4.993 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	117	16.6 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	198	1.87 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	74	20.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	137	6.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	117	9.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	41	35.804 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	107	7.308 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	62	31.038 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	75	447.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	79	652.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	79	6.982 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	124	611.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	3	547.976 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	39	18.251 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	34	18.272 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	55	81.382 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	29	228800 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	53	186.500 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	91	73200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	36	185300 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	32	245300 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	137	14530 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	47	274500 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	70	31.69 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	72	15.47 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	6	69.04 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	164	11.3	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	178	0.7	2018
Land use - other	13	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	3.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	130	5.3	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	170	120.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	118	140.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	87	280.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	68	1.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	19	89.9	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	86	951943 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 %	2012
Geography
Area - land	188	760 sq km	0
Area - total	189	760 sq km	0
Area - water	198	0187 sq km	0
Coastline	141	161 km	0
Elevation - highest point	189	135 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	142	40 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	164	11.3	2018
Land use - arable land	142	2.1	2018
Land use - forest	178	0.7	2018
Land use - other	13	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	51	3.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	130	5.3	2018
Military
Military expenditures	17	3.2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	127	0.4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0.01 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	95	0.66 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	135	1.18 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	85	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	144	12.3 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	74	4.2 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	144	43.8 %	2023
Death rate	199	2.83 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	147	4.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	11	21.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	179	31.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	140	26.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	64	2.2 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	87	0.82 %	2023
Hospital bed density	54	1.7 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	135	8.26 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	130	11.65 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	136	9.98 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	48	82.45 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	44	77.87 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	44	80.13 years	0
Literacy - female	37	94.9 %	2018
Literacy - male	2	99.9 %	0
Literacy - total population	22	97.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	106	16 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	95	30.3 years	2020
Median age - male	63	34.4 years	0
Median age - total	72	32.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	118	0.99 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	24	29.8 %	2016
Physicians density	111	0.93 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	156	1.554 million	2023
Population growth rate	89	0.85 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	95	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	120	N/A % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	95	N/A % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	6	17 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	5	16 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	6	16 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	3	1.69 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	10	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	3	1.51 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	77	4.5 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	84	25.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	82	14.9 %	2020
Total fertility rate	115	1.66 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	68	1.99	2025
Urbanization - urban population	19	89.9	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	74	20.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	137	6.1	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	117	9.9	0
Transportation
Airports	119	4	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	98	N/A	2023
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	67	190	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	43	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	102	3392 km	2010
Roadways - total	134	4122 km	2010
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.