Investment share of GDP in Bahrain

Investment in Bahrain was equal to 28.4% of GDP in 2024.

Bahrain, 2024 28.4% % of GDP
Change from 2023 −0.8percentage points 2023: 29.2%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 36th of 169 See the full ranking

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period BahrainWorld
2024 28.4% 26.3%
2023 29.2% 26.7%
2022 24.6% 27.5%
2021 28.1% 27.2%
2020 37.3% 26.5%
2019 35.6% 26.6%
2018 35.6% 26.7%
2017 33.5% 26.1%
2016 27.9% 25.7%
2015 25.6% 25.9%
2014 26.9% 25.9%
2013 26.2% 25.6%
2012 28.3% 25.5%
2011 22.5% 25.3%
2010 28.6% 24.6%
2009 26.1% 23.4%
2008 34.9% 25.5%
2007 34.7% 25.5%
2006 30.4% 25.0%
2005 26.7% 24.5%
2004 20.5% 24.1%
2003 23.7% 23.4%
2002 23.3% 23.3%
2001 15.7% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 29.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.9%, the figure has changed by +1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 169 countries with data for 2024, Bahrain has the 36th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 26.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1980 to 2024 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices