Bahrain's real interest rate (%) was 15.25% in 2015, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 20.45 percentage points from -5.2% in 2005.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 15.25% | 2015 |
| Five years earlier | -4.25% | 2010 |
| Ten years earlier | -5.2% | 2005 |
| Highest | 31.9% | 1986 |
| Lowest | -5.2% | 2005 |
| Average since 2006 | 4.47% | 2006–2015 |
| First recorded | 31.9% | 1986 |
What the numbers say
In 2015, Bahrain's real interest rate (%) rose 7.84 percentage points on 2014 (from 7.42% to 15.25%).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2014), the average change was −0.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 26.88 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.31 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2006 to 2015 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 13% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
Closest to Bahrain in the 2015 ranking
- Iraq — 1st of 2: 57.63%
What this measures
An interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of the principal over a period of time, by the owners of certain kinds of financial assets for putting the financial assets at the disposal of another institutional unit. The real interest rate is the lending interest rate adjusted for inflation as measured by the GDP deflator. The terms and conditions attached to lending rates differ by country, however, limiting their comparability. This indicator is expressed as a percentage (a÷b)*100.
All 30 values
| Year | Real interest rate (%) |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 15.25 |
| 2014 | 7.42 |
| 2013 | 5.41 |
| 2012 | 3.01 |
| 2011 | -2.46 |
| 2010 | -4.25 |
| 2009 | 24.06 |
| 2008 | -2.82 |
| 2007 | -0.1561 |
| 2006 | -0.7967 |
| 2005 |
Real interest rate (%) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 12.14% (2017)
- Algeria — 7.16% (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — -7.03% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 3.45% (2016)
- Iraq — 57.63% (2015)
- Israel — -1.81% (2022)
- Jordan — 5.75% (2025)
- Kuwait — 10.52% (2025)
- Lebanon — 6.17% (2019)
- Oman — -5.92% (2021)
- Pakistan — -1.45% (2021)
- Qatar — 8.16% (2025)
More financial sector data for Bahrain
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 120.52 (2025)
- DEC alternative conversion factor (LCU per US$) — US$0.38 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — -0.14% (2025)
- Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) — US$0.38 (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country) — 117.2 (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator (annual % growth) — 0.23% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 10.64 billion (2015)
- Net foreign assets (current LCU) — 1.34 billion (2015)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 10.04 billion (2015)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Bahrain's real interest rate (%)?
- 15.25% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is down 16.65 percentage points from 31.9% in 1986. The highest value was 31.9% in 1986 and the lowest -5.2% in 2005.
- Is the latest change in real interest rate (%) unusual for Bahrain?
- In 2015, Bahrain's real interest rate (%) rose 7.84 percentage points on 2014 (from 7.42% to 15.25%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1987 to 2014), the average change was −0.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FR.INR.RINR, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, 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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