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Unemployment rate in Bahrain

How hard is it to have a job there?

Bahrain's unemployment rate is 1.10 % — #4 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

1.10%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Bahrain over time

1.76 %1.39 %1.01 %1.76 % · 20201.01 % · 20072000: 1.08 %2001: 1.12 %2002: 1.14 %2003: 1.13 %2004: 1.06 %2005: 1.02 %2006: 1.02 %2007: 1.01 %2008: 1.01 %2009: 1.07 %2010: 1.13 %2011: 1.21 %2012: 1.20 %2013: 1.18 %2014: 1.14 %2015: 1.16 %2016: 1.19 %2017: 1.18 %2018: 1.19 %2019: 1.22 %2020: 1.76 %2021: 1.55 %2022: 1.26 %2023: 1.05 %2024: 1.08 %2025: 1.10 %2000201220251.10 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#4 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
97 %
120 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.02 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
0.66 pp
peak 1.76 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 0.02 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #4 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −4.15 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Bahrain: ahead of 97 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentBahrain 1.10 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Bahrain is ahead of 97 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Bahrain
2 Cambodia0.26 %−0.84 pp
3 Thailand0.78 %−0.32 pp
4 Bahrain1.10 %—
5 Moldova1.50 %+0.40 pp
6 Vietnam1.52 %+0.42 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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