Bahrain Government Debt

Current and historical government debt data for Bahrain, including latest value (111.6), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Bahrain
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Bahrain · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
63 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 7.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.5 / 20
External stability 9.4 / 15
Financial robustness 10.5 / 15
Structural stability 3.9 / 10
Future capacity 7 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.3 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1990–2020 19902020
1990 2020
Selected year: 2020 · Value: n/a 2020

Bahrain · central government debt as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2020
111.6 percent of GDP
91.36 percent of GDP
65.21 percent of GDP
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1990 1996 2002 2009 2015 2020
government debt rate reference line

Countries by government debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Singapore 175.61 high
United Kingdom 131.07 high
United States 117.97 high
Bahrain 111.6 high
Spain 105.64 high
Jordan 102.85 medium
Israel 88.24 medium
Egypt 85.79 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

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Related indicators

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GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Interest Payments GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:54:54+02:00

Bahrain Snapshot

country profile
Population 1.59 m
GDP 47.11 bn
Debt/GDP 111.6%
Inflation 0.92%
Currency n/a
Region Middle East
Income group High income

Bahrain Government Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Debt for Bahrain. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: bahrain government debt rate, government debt data bahrain, bahrain government debt statistics, bahrain percent of gdp.