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Government debt in Bahrain

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Bahrain's government debt is 147.60 % — #122 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

147.60%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 1.5 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Bahrain over time

147.60 %76.60 %5.60 %5.60 % · 19941990: 7.20 %1991: 6.70 %1992: 6.50 %1993: 5.90 %1994: 5.60 %1995: 13.60 %1996: 13.10 %1997: 14.80 %1998: 20.00 %1999: 24.70 %2000: 24.70 %2001: 25.00 %2002: 27.20 %2003: 31.10 %2004: 28.20 %2005: 23.20 %2006: 19.40 %2007: 15.70 %2008: 12.10 %2009: 20.50 %2010: 28.80 %2011: 31.60 %2012: 34.80 %2013: 42.30 %2014: 42.60 %2015: 63.20 %2016: 77.40 %2017: 84.00 %2018: 90.40 %2019: 97.10 %2020: 125.70 %2021: 122.30 %2022: 111.60 %2023: 123.00 %2024: 133.70 %2025: 147.60 %199020082025147.60 %
36 official observations, 1990 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#122 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
2 %
2 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 13.90 pp
since 2024
Full series
▲ 140.40 pp
since 1990

In Asia: #35 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +93.05 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Bahrain: ahead of 2 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtBahrain 147.60 % →12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Bahrain is ahead of 2 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Bahrain
120 Lebanon139.40 %−8.20 pp
121 Greece145.70 %−1.90 pp
122 Bahrain147.60 %—
123 Singapore171.30 %+23.70 pp
124 Japan206.50 %+58.90 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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