Bahrain

Military spending in Bahrain

Military spending in Bahrain: 1.53% of GDP in 1975 and 3.11% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
3.11% of GDP
Since 1975
+1.58 percentage points
Rank, 2025
25 of 151
counting from the highest
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% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in BahrainMilitary spending in Bahrain: 1.53% of GDP in 1975 and 3.11% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 8.54% of GDP in 1982, the lowest 1.53% of GDP in 1975.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 8.54% of GDP in 1982, the lowest 1.53% of GDP in 1975.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearBahrain
20253.11
20242.95
20233.52
20223.42
20213.52
20204.06
20194.03
20184.04
20174.32
20164.67
20154.64
20144.42
20134.14
20123.84
20113.59
20103.28
20093.61
20082.8
20072.96
20063.1
20053.21
20044.05
20034.66
20024.61
20014.15
20003.96
19995.5
19985.33
19975.07
19965.27
19955.18
19945.11
19935.37
19925.88
19915.7
19905.29
19895.65
19885.6
19875.25
19865.84
19854.59
19844.18
19834.79
19828.54
19816.9
19805.7
19795.89
19784.96
19772.08
19761.75
19751.53
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Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
  • Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
  • Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
  • Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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