Number of male business owners in Bahrain
Bahrain: Number of male business owners was 12,495 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of male business owners in Bahrain, 2019–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of male business owners in Bahrain is 12,495, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 145.7% over ten years.
Bahrain ranks 32nd of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Number of male business owners in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5,086 | — |
| 2020 | 5,147 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 7,317 | +42.2% |
| 2022 | 11,504 | +57.2% |
| 2023 | 12,886 | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 12,495 | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5,086 | 5,086 | 5,086 | 1 |
| 2020s | 9,870 | 5,147 | 12,886 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More private sector data for Bahrain
- Merchandise trade 87.6% (2025)
- Food imports 15.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 57.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 16.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 26.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 26.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 16,531 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5403 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.97 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of male business owners in Bahrain?
- Number of male business owners in Bahrain was 12,495 in 2024, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest number of male business owners recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 12,886 in 2023.
- What is the lowest number of male business owners recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,086 in 2019.
- How does Bahrain rank for number of male business owners?
- Bahrain ranks 32nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of male business owners rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 145.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Number of male business owners. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of male business owners is the number of male individuals that own at least one share of a limited liability company that was newly registered in the calendar year.