Bahrain
Military spending in US dollars in Bahrain
Military spending in US dollars in Bahrain: $83.3M in 1971 and $1.46B in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- $1.46B
- Since 1971
- +$1.38B
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was $1.64B in 2014, the lowest $56.7M in 1975.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Bahrain |
|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.46B |
| 2024 | $1.38B |
| 2023 | $1.64B |
| 2022 | $1.61B |
| 2021 | $1.5B |
| 2020 | $1.46B |
| 2019 | $1.58B |
| 2018 | $1.57B |
| 2017 | $1.61B |
| 2016 | $1.6B |
| 2015 | $1.58B |
| 2014 | $1.64B |
| 2013 | $1.54B |
| 2012 | $1.39B |
| 2011 | $1.25B |
| 2010 | $1.02B |
| 2009 | $1.02B |
| 2008 | $911M |
| 2007 | $841M |
| 2006 | $776M |
| 2005 | $708M |
| 2004 | $753M |
| 2003 | $747M |
| 2002 | $654M |
| 2001 | $545M |
| 2000 | $519M |
| 1999 | $523M |
| 1998 | $468M |
| 1997 | $455M |
| 1996 | $466M |
| 1995 | $437M |
| 1994 | $421M |
| 1993 | $417M |
| 1992 | $427M |
| 1991 | $402M |
| 1990 | $368M |
| 1989 | $339M |
| 1988 | $327M |
| 1987 | $282M |
| 1986 | $277M |
| 1985 | $254M |
| 1984 | $244M |
| 1983 | $272M |
| 1982 | $475M |
| 1981 | $398M |
| 1980 | $325M |
| 1979 | $307M |
| 1978 | $235M |
| 1977 | $96.8M |
| 1976 | $74.1M |
| 1975 | $56.7M |
| 1974 | $105M |
| 1973 | $84.4M |
| 1972 | $79.3M |
| 1971 | $83.3M |
- Estimate
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, 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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- Military spending3.11% of GDP 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