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Bahrain: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1990–2024 · 35 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−11.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−1.3 pointsfrom −9.66%
Average, 2015–2024
−9.36%10 years
Record high and low
7.33% (2000)low −13.6% (2016)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-8.72Forecast
2030-8.47Forecast
2029-8.22Forecast
2028-8.63Forecast
2027-9.09Forecast
2026-10.6Forecast
2025-13.0Forecast
2024-11.0
2023-9.66
2022-6.03
2021-6.52
2020-12.8
2019-4.70
2018-6.30
2017-10.0
2016-13.6
2015-13.0

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1990–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Bahrain documentation (PDF)

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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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