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Bahrain: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1974–2024 · 51 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
133.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+10.7 pointsfrom 123.0%
Average, 2015–2024
102.8%10 years
Record high and low
133.7% (2024)low 2.46% (1974)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031161.2Forecast
2030160.0Forecast
2029158.9Forecast
2028157.3Forecast
2027154.5Forecast
2026152.4Forecast
2025147.6Forecast
2024133.7
2023123.0
2022111.6
2021122.3
2020125.7
201997.1
201890.4
201784.0
201677.4
201563.2

Sources

  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1974–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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