Central government expense in Bahrain

Central government expense in Bahrain was equal to 26.1% of GDP in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2020 Source: World Bank
Bahrain, 2020 26.1% % of GDP
Change from 2019 +4.4percentage points 2019: 21.8%
World, 2020 33.4% Official aggregate

Central government expense in Bahrain over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2022
Period BahrainWorld
2022 – 28.5%
2021 – 31.7%
2020 26.1% 33.4%
2019 21.8% 26.7%
2018 22.5% 26.1%
2017 22.5% 26.3%
2016 24.5% 26.6%
2015 25.3% 26.8%
2014 23.5% 26.8%
2013 22.5% 27.1%
2012 20.9% 27.4%
2011 21.6% 27.5%
2010 18.7% 28.4%
2009 19.8% 28.4%
2008 16.2% 25.9%
2007 16.0% 24.8%
2006 16.3% 24.9%
2005 17.3% 25.1%
2004 19.4% 24.8%
2003 20.9% 25.2%
2002 23.2% 24.9%
2001 20.8% 24.7%
2000 19.9% 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +4.4 percentage points from 21.8% in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 18.7%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 33.4%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2020 for Bahrain
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics