Bahrain
GDP per person in Bahrain
GDP per person in Bahrain: $17,420 in 1970 and $26,590 in 2025, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $26,590
- Since 1970
- +$9,170
- Rank, 2025
- 35 of 186
- counting from the highest
- World, 2025
- $12,130
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was $26,590 in 2025, the lowest $17,090 in 1986.
- Older estimates from Maddison reach back to 1950: 3,354 international dollars at 2011 prices.
The long run, in international dollars at 2011 prices
Maddison Project Database, version 2023 by Bolt, Jutta and Jan Luiten van Zanden (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
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Bahrain | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $26,590 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $25,890 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $25,340 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $25,230 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $24,090 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $23,590 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $24,870 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $24,060 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $23,610 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $23,720 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $23,730 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $24,140 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $24,270 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $23,890 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $23,290 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $22,220 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $22,210 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $23,130 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $23,110 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $23,100 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $23,440 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $23,690 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $23,860 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $24,150 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $25,110 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $25,410 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $24,770 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $24,390 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $23,890 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $23,800 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $23,470 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $23,180 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $23,860 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $21,700 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $20,880 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $18,350 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $18,180 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $18,770 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $18,190 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $17,090 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $17,520 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $19,070 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $18,810 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $18,310 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $20,520 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $22,550 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $22,980 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $23,250 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $23,480 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $21,820 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $17,580 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $20,300 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $19,720 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $18,260 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $17,250 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $17,420 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | – | $4,885 |
| 1968 | – | $4,707 |
| 1967 | – | $4,535 |
| 1966 | – | $4,461 |
| 1965 | – | $4,321 |
| 1964 | – | $4,176 |
| 1963 | – | $3,999 |
| 1962 | – | $3,889 |
| 1961 | – | $3,759 |
| 1960 | – | $3,667 |
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Military
- Military spending3.11% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per person$903 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel19,000 people in 2020
- National power0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports30 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 2001