Bahrain's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) was 26.53% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.15 percentage points from 22.38% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26.53% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 23.55% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 22.38% | 2014 |
| Highest | 28.98% | 2008 |
| Lowest | 11.85% | 2001 |
| Average since 2015 | 23.95% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 12.59% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Bahrain's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) rose 1.56 percentage points on 2023 (from 24.97% to 26.53%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 4.65 percentage points in 2007 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.32 percentage points in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.35 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% 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.
How it compares
In 2024, Bahrain had the 3rd highest value of the 13 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 2024 ranking
What this measures
Private investment covers outlays by the private sector (including private nonprofit agencies) on additions to its fixed domestic assets. Gross fixed capital formation includes acquisitions less disposals of fixed assets during the accounting period, including certain specified expenditures on services that add to the value of non-produced assets. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 26.53 |
| 2023 | 24.97 |
| 2022 | 24.08 |
| 2021 | 22.19 |
| 2020 | 25.1 |
| 2019 | 23.55 |
| 2018 | 25.05 |
| 2017 | 24.07 |
| 2016 | 23.38 |
| 2015 | 20.55 |
| 2014 |
Gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) in nearby economies
- Djibouti — 19.18% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 6.61% (2025)
- Lebanon — 1.21% (2024)
- Pakistan — 9.9% (2025)
- Saudi Arabia — 26.87% (2025)
- Syrian Arab Republic — 2.99% (2022)
- Yemen, Rep. — 5.35% (2018)
More economic policy & debt data for Bahrain
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$5.27 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$4.61 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$48.97 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 18.41 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$42.56 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 15.71 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$30,597 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 11,504 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$26,592 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 9,816 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bahrain's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP)?
- 26.53% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 13.94 percentage points from 12.59% in 2000. The highest value was 28.98% in 2008 and the lowest 11.85% in 2001.
- How does Bahrain rank?
- 3rd highest of 13 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) unusual for Bahrain?
- In 2024, Bahrain's gross fixed capital formation, private sector (% of GDP) rose 1.56 percentage points on 2023 (from 24.97% to 26.53%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.54 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.FPRV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) 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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