Bahrain vs North America: Insurance and financial services
Insurance and financial services over time
- Bahrain
- North America
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 35.0% against 18.5% in North America, a difference of 16.5%.
That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.9 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 2nd and North America ranks 1st of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 4 and North America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.7% | 2.9% | 3.8% | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 6.1% | 4.8% | 1.3% | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 4.0% | 6.4% | 2.4% | North America |
| 2000s | 13.0% | 17.4% | 4.4% | North America |
| 2010s | 43.8% | 17.1% | 26.7% | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 38.0% | 18.5% | 19.6% | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insurance and financial services, Bahrain or North America?
- Bahrain, at 35.0% against 18.5% in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in insurance and financial services between Bahrain and North America?
- 16.5%, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and North America?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and North America rank globally for insurance and financial services?
- Bahrain ranks 2nd and North America ranks 1st of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.