Bahrain
Internet users in Bahrain
Internet users in Bahrain: 0% in 1990 and 100% in 2024, by ITU estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 100%
- Since 1990
- +100 percentage points
- World, 2024
- 71.2%
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- The highest was 100% in 2021, the lowest 0% in 1990.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Bahrain | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 100 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 100 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 100 | 67 |
| 2021 | 100 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 99.7 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 99.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 98.6 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 95.9 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 98 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 93.5 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 90.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 90 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 88 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 77 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 55 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 53 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 52 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 32.9 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 28.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 21.3 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 21.5 | – |
| 2003 | 21.6 | – |
| 2002 | 18.1 | – |
| 2001 | 15 | – |
| 2000 | 6.2 | – |
| 1999 | 4.7 | – |
| 1998 | 3.2 | – |
| 1997 | 1.7 | – |
| 1996 | 0.8 | – |
| 1995 | 0.3 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bahrain in numbers
Every measure for Bahrain on one page
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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