Bank deposits to GDP (%) in Bahrain
Bahrain: Bank deposits to GDP (%) was 81.5% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Bank deposits to GDP in Bahrain, 1965–2015
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 81.5% for bank deposits to gdp in 2015. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bank deposits to gdp in Bahrain peaked at 81.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 1965.
That places Bahrain 53rd out of 185 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Bank deposits to GDP (%) in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 13.1% | — |
| 1966 | 14.8% | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 14.6% | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 16.1% | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 17.3% | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 20.1% | +16.2% |
| 1971 | 25.8% | +28.6% |
| 1972 | 27.3% | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 27.7% | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 31.3% | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 36.7% | +17.4% |
| 1976 | 40.5% | +10.5% |
| 1977 | 34.7% | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 33.8% | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 30.4% | -10.1% |
| 1980 | 40.2% | +32.3% |
| 1981 | 51.2% | +27.2% |
| 1982 | 25.6% | -50.0% |
| 1983 | 54.8% | +114.3% |
| 1984 | 51.0% | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 60.0% | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 70.2% | +16.9% |
| 1987 | 69.3% | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 66.3% | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 66.6% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 51.9% | -22.1% |
| 1991 | 60.4% | +16.3% |
| 1992 | 61.4% | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 59.2% | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 51.1% | -13.7% |
| 1995 | 51.9% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 51.4% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 53.9% | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 66.5% | +23.5% |
| 1999 | 63.0% | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 59.0% | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 65.0% | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 64.1% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 61.5% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 53.8% | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 54.4% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 53.8% | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 64.7% | +20.2% |
| 2008 | 65.5% | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 78.3% | +19.5% |
| 2010 | 76.9% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 70.5% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 69.0% | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 71.1% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 73.8% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 81.5% | +10.5% |
Bahrain compared with similar countries
- Bahrain's 81.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 91.2%, 89% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Bahrain's 81.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 80.8%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bank deposits to GDP (%) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +114.3% | 25.6% | 54.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.2% | 13.1% | 17.3% | 5 |
| 1970s | 30.8% | 20.1% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 55.5% | 25.6% | 70.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.1% | 51.1% | 66.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.0% | 53.8% | 78.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.8% | 69.0% | 81.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0038 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 116.55 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0028 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 85.11 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0038 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 116.55 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bank deposits to gdp in Bahrain?
- Bank deposits to gdp in Bahrain was 81.5% in 2015, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 81.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest bank deposits to gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 1965.
- How does Bahrain rank for bank deposits to gdp?
- Bahrain ranks 53rd out of 185 countries with data for 2015.
- Is bank deposits to gdp rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Bank deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Bank deposits (IFS lines 24 and 25); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).