Bahrain GDP Annual Growth Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

2.7

Units In

3.4

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

May 06, 2026

Time to Release

3 Months 25 Days 19 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
11.43 Dec 2010	-9.49 Jun 2020	3.18 %	2000-2025	Central Informatics Organisation - Kingdom of Bahrain

In Bahrain, Gross Domestic Product is divided by two industries: Goods Producing and Services Producing. Goods Producing Industry constitutes around 41.8 percent of the GDP and the largest segments within this sector are manufacturing (18.6 percent); mining (14.5 percent) and construction (8.1 percent). Services Producing Industry accounts for 58.2 percent of total GDP and the biggest segments within services are financial services (17.1 percent); transport & communications (7.1 percent); wholesale & retail trade & repairs (4.5 percent) and real estate (3.8 percent).

Latest Updates

Bahrain’s economy expanded by 4.0% year-on-year in Q3 2025, accelerating from a 2.5% growth in the previous quarter, preliminary data showed. This marked the fastest growth since Q4 2023, driven by sustained growth in the non-oil sector (3.1% vs 3.5% in Q2), and a sharp rebound in oil activities (9.3% vs -2.6%). On economic sectors, growth strengthened across most sectors namely manufacturing (3.9% vs 1.0%), construction (4.4% vs 2.7%), financial and insurance activities (5.0% vs 2.2%), public administration (2.4% vs 1.7%), transportation and storage (4.4% vs 2.6%), education (4.8% vs 2.9%), and real estate (5.4% vs 4.7%). Meanwhile, growth moderated for wholesale and retail trade (3.3% vs 6.7%). For the whole year of 2025, GDP growth is projected at 3.1%, driven both by non-oil at 3.1% and oil activities at 3.0%. In 2026, economic growth is forecast to accelerate to 3.3%, boosted by a 3.5% expansion in non-oil activities and a 2.1% increase in oil output.