Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bahrain
Bahrain: Liquid liabilities to GDP was 86.0% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Liquid liabilities to GDP in Bahrain, 1965–2015
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahrain is 86.0%, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.7% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahrain peaked at 86.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 1965.
That places Bahrain 61st out of 184 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.3% | 17.4% | 26.8% | 5 |
| 1970s | 37.8% | 30.2% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.0% | 32.3% | 77.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.4% | 55.9% | 71.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.7% | 58.0% | 82.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.1% | 73.2% | 86.0% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 70.6% (2015)
- Total reserves in months of imports 1.42 (2024)
- Net domestic credit 10.64 billion current LCU (2015)
- Net foreign assets 1.34 billion current LCU (2015)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 70.6% (2015)
- Broad money 82.1% (2015)
- Claims on central government, etc. 16.4% (2015)
- Domestic credit to private sector 70.6% (2015)
- Official exchange rate 0.376 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration 18,128 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahrain?
- Liquid liabilities to gdp in Bahrain was 86.0% in 2015, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest liquid liabilities to gdp recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 1965.
- How does Bahrain rank for liquid liabilities to gdp?
- Bahrain ranks 61st out of 184 countries with data for 2015.
- Is liquid liabilities to gdp rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. 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 Liquid liabilities to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is liquid liabilities, 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. Liquid liabilities (IFS lines 55L or, if not available, line 35L); 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) For Eurocurrency area countries liquid liabilities are estimated by summing IFS items 34A, 34B and 35.