Travel services in Bahrain
Bahrain: Travel services was 10.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Bahrain, 1975–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 10.7% for travel services in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.3% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Bahrain peaked at 41.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2022.
That places Bahrain 147th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 25.8% | — |
| 1976 | 24.3% | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 22.5% | -7.4% |
| 1978 | 35.4% | +57.6% |
| 1979 | 26.4% | -25.6% |
| 1980 | 23.5% | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 23.8% | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 27.9% | +17.5% |
| 1983 | 20.1% | -28.0% |
| 1984 | 23.9% | +18.9% |
| 1985 | 25.8% | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 18.4% | -28.5% |
| 1987 | 15.4% | -16.6% |
| 1988 | 14.7% | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 13.8% | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 19.6% | +42.0% |
| 1991 | 18.4% | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 23.3% | +26.7% |
| 1993 | 22.4% | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 23.5% | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 19.3% | -18.0% |
| 1996 | 17.8% | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 19.3% | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 21.8% | +13.1% |
| 1999 | 29.7% | +36.1% |
| 2000 | 29.5% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 32.6% | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 40.2% | +23.1% |
| 2003 | 41.0% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 31.0% | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 29.2% | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 28.4% | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 28.1% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 24.8% | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 23.4% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 26.5% | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 40.4% | +52.1% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | -66.6% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 9.0% | -24.0% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | +38.1% |
| 2016 | 25.2% | +102.2% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | -24.2% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 27.1% | +22.8% |
| 2021 | 21.0% | -22.7% |
| 2022 | 8.8% | -58.0% |
| 2023 | 9.5% | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 10.7% | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.9% | 22.5% | 35.4% | 5 |
| 1980s | 20.7% | 13.8% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.5% | 17.8% | 29.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 30.8% | 23.4% | 41.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.2% | 9.0% | 40.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 8.8% | 27.1% | 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 travel services in Bahrain?
- Travel services in Bahrain was 10.7% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 41.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2022.
- How does Bahrain rank for travel services?
- Bahrain ranks 147th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.