Bahrain: Commercial service imports (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Bahrain's commercial service imports (current US$) rose 4.8% on 2024 (from US$12.37 billion to US$12.97 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.5% and a typical year strayed about 43.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 239.9% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 34.5% in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$672.29 million a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$14.75 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$1.06 billion, against US$1.35 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Bahrain had the 63rd highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bahrain in the 2025 ranking

• Bangladesh — 60th of 136: US$14.32 billion
• Kazakhstan — 61st of 136: US$13.81 billion
• Uzbekistan — 62nd of 136: US$13.59 billion
• Oman — 64th of 136: US$12.82 billion
• Estonia — 65th of 136: US$12.06 billion
• Algeria — 66th of 136: US$11.38 billion

What this measures

Commercial service imports are total service imports minus imports of government services not included elsewhere. Imports of services are services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Limitations: Balance of payments statistics, the main source of information on international trade in services, have many weaknesses. Disaggregation of important components may be limited and varies considerably across countries. There are inconsistencies in the methods used to report items. And the recording of major flows as net items is common (for example, insurance transactions are often recorded as premiums less claims). These factors contribute to a downward bias in the value of the service trade reported in the balance of payments. Efforts are being made to improve the coverage, quality, and consistency of these data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 51 values

Commercial service imports (current US$) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — US$1.04 billion (2020)
• Algeria — US$11.38 billion (2025)
• Djibouti — US$694.21 million (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$26.94 billion (2025)
• Iraq — US$26.61 billion (2025)
• Israel — US$56.17 billion (2025)
• Jordan — US$6.27 billion (2024)
• Kuwait — US$28.64 billion (2025)
• Lebanon — US$6.61 billion (2023)
• Libya — US$9.3 billion (2023)

More private sector & trade data for Bahrain

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$16.45 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$26.46 billion (2025)
• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 87.63% (2025)
• Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports) — 33.83% (2025)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 19.64% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 62.55% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 35.87% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Bahrain's commercial service imports (current US$)?

US$12.97 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1975?

It is up 7,258% from US$176.23 million in 1975 (8.98% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$12.97 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$176.23 million in 1975.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.SERV.CD.WT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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