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Bahrain: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2024
28.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.1 pointsfrom 29.0%
Average, 2015–2024
31.4%10 years
Record high and low
34.8% (2015)low 22.2% (2000)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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22%24%26%28%30%32%34%36%19902000201020202030BahrainBahrain
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.9Forecast
203029.4Forecast
202929.7Forecast
202830.0Forecast
202730.2Forecast
202630.6Forecast
202529.4Forecast
202428.9
202329.0
202228.4
202130.6
202034.6
201931.2
201832.1
201730.7
201633.3
201534.8

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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