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Bahrain: Current account balance (% of GDP)

5.76percent · 2025+349.2% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Bahrain from 1975 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.764
20244.833
20235.844
202214.72
20216.372
2020-9.054
2019-1.964
2018-6.153
2017-4.301
2016-4.406
2015-2.313
20144.381
20137.124
20128.065
201110.855
20102.873
20092.441
20088.778
200713.376
200611.821
20059.232
20043.586
20031.81
2002-0.517
20012.517
20009.16
1999-0.49
1998-11.056
1997-0.43
19963.754
19953.569
1994-4.037
1993-5.739
1992-15.301
1991-11.482
19901.449
1989-4.395
19884.561
1987-5.22
1986-1.985
19850.935
19844.917
19832.417
198210.266
198110.893
19805.276
1979-8.219
1978-17.062
1977-16.29
1976-22.774
1975-18.473

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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