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Bahrain: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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