World Development Indicators

Military expenditure (% of GDP): Bahrain

Most recent
2.895 (2024)
Earliest
1.526 (1975)
Highest
8.535 (1982)
Years reported
50
Member state
Bahrain at the United Nations
05101975: 1.5261976: 1.7521977: 2.0781978: 4.9581979: 5.8931980: 5.6991981: 6.9031982: 8.5351983: 4.791984: 4.1791985: 4.5881986: 5.8381987: 5.2531988: 5.6031989: 5.6451990: 5.2851991: 5.7041992: 5.8781993: 5.371994: 5.1111995: 5.1831996: 5.2741997: 5.0681998: 5.3331999: 5.5042000: 3.9622001: 4.1482002: 4.6112003: 4.6592004: 4.0452005: 3.2142006: 3.1032007: 2.9572008: 2.82009: 3.6112010: 3.2782011: 3.5912012: 3.8442013: 4.1412014: 4.4192015: 4.6442016: 4.6712017: 4.3212018: 4.0412019: 4.032020: 4.0572021: 3.522022: 3.4232023: 3.5212024: 2.89519752024
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1975–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearMilitary expenditure (% of GDP)
20242.895
20233.521
20223.423
20213.52
20204.057
20194.03
20184.041
20174.321
20164.671
20154.644
20144.419
20134.141
20123.844
20113.591
20103.278
20093.611
20082.8
20072.957
20063.103
20053.214
20044.045
20034.659
20024.611
20014.148
20003.962
19995.504
19985.333
19975.068
19965.274
19955.183
19945.111
19935.37
19925.878
19915.704
19905.285
19895.645
19885.603
19875.253
19865.838
19854.588
19844.179
19834.79
19828.535
19816.903
19805.699
19795.893
19784.958
19772.078
19761.752
19751.526

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