Bahrain Government Expense

Current and historical government expense data for Bahrain, including latest value (26.11), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Bahrain
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+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 · government expense as a percentage of gdp.

1990–2020
26.11 percent of GDP
21.75 percent of GDP
23.12 percent of GDP
45 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020
government expense rate reference line

Countries by government expense

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 65.56 high
Greece 47.3 high
Italy 47.28 high
France 47.26 high
Austria 46.03 high
Finland 44.93 medium
Slovenia 42.87 medium
Hungary 42.42 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

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:04:56+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 Expense: 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 Expense 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 expense rate, government expense data bahrain, bahrain government expense statistics, bahrain percent of gdp.