Taxes on international trade in Bahrain
Bahrain: Taxes on international trade was 4.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Taxes on international trade in Bahrain, 1990–2020
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 4.1% for taxes on international trade in 2020.
That represents a change of up 30.1% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on international trade in Bahrain peaked at 13.2% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2014.
Bahrain ranks 77th 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.
Taxes on international trade in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8.0% | — |
| 1991 | 8.7% | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 10.5% | +20.7% |
| 1993 | 9.7% | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 10.9% | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 9.5% | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 8.3% | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 8.6% | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 13.2% | +53.4% |
| 1999 | 9.6% | -27.0% |
| 2000 | 5.6% | -42.2% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | +11.0% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 4.6% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | -20.1% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +32.4% |
| 2010 | 4.6% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | -22.3% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -26.7% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | +86.5% |
| 2016 | 5.2% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 5.7% | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | -37.9% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | +30.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.7% | 8.0% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.6% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 2.9% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 74 Uzbekistan 4.4% compare
- 75 North Macedonia 4.3% compare
- 76 Tajikistan 4.1% compare
- 78 Egypt 4.1% compare
- 79 Costa Rica 4.0% compare
- 80 Azerbaijan 3.8% compare
More public sector data for Bahrain
- Arms imports 848.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 533.78 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.018 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 188.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 848.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 871.15 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0293 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -14.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.38 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 367,500 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on international trade in Bahrain?
- Taxes on international trade in Bahrain was 4.1% in 2020, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on international trade recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 1998.
- What is the lowest taxes on international trade recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2014.
- How does Bahrain rank for taxes on international trade?
- Bahrain ranks 77th out of 154 countries with data for 2020.
- Is taxes on international trade rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. 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 Taxes on international trade (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.