Foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain
Bahrain: Foreign banks among total banks was 71.0% in 2013. ▲ Rising
Foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain, 1995–2013
Source: Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain is 71.0%, measured in 2013. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain peaked at 71.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 50.0%, in 2001.
That places Bahrain 27th out of 137 countries with data for 2013, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 63.0% | — |
| 1996 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 63.0% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 56.0% | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 56.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 56.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 50.0% | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 56.0% | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 64.0% | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 58.0% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 58.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 57.0% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 60.0% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 60.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 67.0% | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 67.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 71.0% | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 71.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.2% | 56.0% | 63.0% | 5 |
| 2000s | 56.9% | 50.0% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.0% | 67.0% | 71.0% | 4 |
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More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 7,763 current LCU per person (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 0.3271 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 11.22 % change on previous year (2015)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 5.25 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 478.40 million SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.78 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 3.37 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 3.85 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 3.84 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 2,402 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain?
- Foreign banks among total banks in Bahrain was 71.0% in 2013, according to Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10.
- What is the highest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 71.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest foreign banks among total banks recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.0% in 2001.
- How does Bahrain rank for foreign banks among total banks?
- Bahrain ranks 27th out of 137 countries with data for 2013.
- Is foreign banks among total banks rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Stijn Claessens and Neeltje van Horen, 2012. "Foreign Banks: Trends, Impact and Financial Stability" IMF Working Paper, WP/12/10, published as part of Foreign banks among total banks (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of the number of foreign owned banks to the number of the total banks in an Economy. A foreign bank is a bank where 50 percent or more of its shares are owned by foreigners.