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Bahrain: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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