BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Bahrain: 97th largest economy, 77th in military spending
Population1.6M#149 of 194 in the world · 2025
GDP$49B#97 of 193 in the world · 2025
GDP per person$30.6k#43 of 193 in the world · 2025
Fossil fuel output202 TWh#48 of 186 in the world · 2024
Military spending$1.4B#77 of 167 in the world · 2024
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 1 events in or near Bahrain, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-27 · Armed clash · Fasht Al Jarim, Bahrain (general), Bahrain · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Bahrain's officials said lately
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- Delegate of Bahrain · Delegate, Bahrain · 26 Oct
paraphrase Cited GCC December 2025 statement calling on Iraq to make maximum efforts for final resolution, and called the recent Kuwait-Iraq understanding to form a joint working team and roadmap a positive step.
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1.6M people, 100% in cities
- Population1.6M2025
- Population growth0.7%2025
- Urban population100.0%2025
- Land area800 km²2023
A $49B economy, $30.6k per person
- GDP$49B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$114B2025
- GDP per person$30.6k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$71k2025
- GDP growth3.5%2025
Fuels are 0% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP87.5%2024
- Imports, share of GDP70.0%2024
- Fuels, share of goods exports0.0%2024
- Exports of goods and services$41.3B2024
- Imports of goods and services$33B2024
Fossil fuel output of 202 TWh
Oilmade 36 TWhno figureused
Gasmade 166 TWhno figureused
Coalmade 0.0 TWhno figureused
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)202 TWh2024
- Primary energy consumption259 TWh2023
- Energy use per person164.9 MWh2023
- Electricity generation38 TWh2024
- Electricity from fossil fuels99.7%2024
Spends $1.4B on its military, 2.9% of GDP
- Military spending$1.4B2024
- Military spending, share of GDP2.9%2024
- Armed forces personnel19k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$848M2024
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$2M2001
Where these numbers come from
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2001-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.