Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Bahrain
Bahrain: Goods and services expense (% of expense) was 11.5% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in Bahrain, 1990–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 11.5% for goods and services expense in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.7% on the previous year and down 34.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Bahrain peaked at 26.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 2000.
Bahrain ranks 95th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 19.4% | — |
| 1991 | 20.0% | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 18.6% | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 19.5% | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 17.8% | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 12.8% | -28.3% |
| 1996 | 14.3% | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 13.2% | -7.8% |
| 1998 | 10.9% | -17.1% |
| 1999 | 12.5% | +14.6% |
| 2000 | 7.5% | -39.8% |
| 2001 | 16.0% | +112.5% |
| 2002 | 16.9% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 15.5% | -8.7% |
| 2004 | 15.2% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 25.3% | +66.3% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 26.0% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 25.3% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 18.6% | -26.3% |
| 2010 | 17.5% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 14.8% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 14.3% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 13.5% | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 13.5% | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 11.5% | -14.7% |
Bahrain compared with similar countries
- Bahrain's 11.5% is above the median for high income countries, which is 9.6%, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Bahrain's 11.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 12.0%, 96% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Goods and services expense (% of expense) in Bahrain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +112.5% | 7.5% | 16.0% |
| 2005 | +66.3% | 15.2% | 25.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.9% | 10.9% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.2% | 7.5% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 13.5% | 17.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.5% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Bahrain?
- Goods and services expense in Bahrain was 11.5% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 2000.
- How does Bahrain rank for goods and services expense?
- Bahrain ranks 95th out of 154 countries with data for 2020.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.