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Bahrain: Claims on central government

4.77percent · 2015+226.2% since 2005

Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money. Annual figures for Bahrain from 1966 to 2015.

19762015

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20154.77
20144.094
20139.697
20120.751
20114.372
2010-0.516
20099.644
2008-4.441
2007-2.466
2006-5.912
20051.462
2004-1.39
20031.06
20021.437
20012.343
2000-0.385
19993.434
19984.086
19971.678
1996-3.494
19952.422
1994-6.383
1993-4.391
199217.201
19917.657
19907.202
1989-9.702
1988-23.663
198727.102
19866.682
1985-5.702
1984-12.776
1983-3.582
19828.905
1981-34.59
1980-30.841
1979-8.949
19785.24
19778.251
1976-1.836
1975-27.852
1974-44.539
1973-0.292
19723.477
1971-10.585
19701.984
1969-3.643
1968-24.715
1967-18.166
196615.476

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World Bank (2026). Claims on central government. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-claims-on-central-government (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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