Source
Central bank

Central Bank of Bahrain

International Reserves

USD 8.42 billion (2021)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2022

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

USD 65.75 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

USD 200.71 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Real GDP growth
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
2.5% 3.1% 1.4% –0.9% 2.1%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

USD 7,032.48 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP per capita - PPP

USD 21,466.51 (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

GDP (PPP) - share of world total
0.14% (2021 estimate)
 
 
Source
GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 6.8% 
  • industry: 31.3% 
  • services: 49.1%

(2020 estimate)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP)

N/A

Inflation
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
6% 4.9% 5.6% 5.5% 9.2%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
5.7% 4.8% 4.2% 4.1% 4.3%

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

 

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
53.2% 47.5% 41% 48% 44.9%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021*
1.6% 3.8% 2.6% –1.2% –2.2%

*Estimate

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: B

Moody's: B3

Standard & Poor's / Moody's 

​Standard & Poor's / Moody's (January 2022)

Market value of publicly traded shares

USD 1.2 billion (2016)

Largest companies

N/A

 
 
Source
Current account balance

USD 0.26 billion (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

0.39% (2021 estimate)
IMF - World Economic Outlook, October 2021

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)

61.9% (2020)
World Bank - World Development Indicators (updated Feb 2022)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0.16% (2020)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0.2% (2020)

Total exports

USD 37 billion (2020 estimate)

Export commodities

Refined petroleum, fertilizers, cheese, delivery trucks, crude petroleum (2019)

Total imports

USD 35.2 billion (2020 estimate)

 
 
Source
Import commodities

Crude petroleum, natural gas, cars and vehicle parts, packaged medicines, broadcasting equipment (2019)

Exports - major partners

Russia 42%, Ukraine 13%, United Kingdom 7% (2019)

Imports - major partners

Russia 57%, China 7%, Poland 5%, Germany 5%, Ukraine 5% (2019)

FDI inflows
2018 2019 2020
USD 1.4 billion USD 1.3 billion USD 1.4 billion
FDI outflows
2018 2019 2020
USD 50 million USD 16 million USD 82 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014

N/A

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Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015

N/A

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Best countries for doing business

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

49 out of 190 countries

Subcategories:

Starting a Business: 30 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 48 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 20 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 14 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 104 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 79 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 99 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 24 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 40 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 74 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2020

Global competitiveness ranking

N/A

Index of Economic Freedom

Ranking: 135 / Score: 53 (Mostly Unfree)
The Heritage Foundation - 2022 Index of Economic Freedom

 
 
Source
Time zone

UTC+2

Total area

207,600 sq km

Capital

Minsk 

Currency

Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) 

Government type

Presidential republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship

Languages

Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)

Religions

Orthodox 48.3%, Catholic 7.1%, other 3.5%, non-believers 41.1% (2011 est.)

Total population
1990 2000 2010 2015 2020
10.19 million 9.98 million 9.48 million 9.46 million 9.38 million
 
 
Source
Urban population as % of total population
1960 1980 2000 2020
32.4% 56.5% 70% 79.5%
Population median age

40.9 years 

Population growth rate

-0.31% (2022 est.)

Life expectancy

74.3 years (2022 est.)

Literacy

Total population: 99.9%

Male: 99.9%

Female: 99.9% (2019)

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write 

% of population living on less than $3.10 a day

0% (last available estimate, 2022)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

24.4 (last available estimate, 2020)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Total score: 8/100

Status: Not Free

Political Rights: 2/40

Civil Liberties: 6/60 (2022)

Source
Total telephone subscribers as % of population

Fixed: 46.6%

Mobile: 123.9% (2020) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

85.1% (2020)

Mercer Cost of living index

N/A

CO2 emissions

6.3 metric tons per capita (2018)

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