# Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Bahrain

Imports of goods and services, share of GDP in Bahrain was 70% of GDP in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `imports_goods_services_gdp`
- Place id: `bh`
- Unit: % of GDP
- Definition: Goods whose economic ownership passes from non-residents to residents, and services non-residents provide to residents, as a percentage of GDP. World Bank national accounts data, compiled from national statistical offices and central banks and from OECD national accounts files.
- Note: Can pass 100% in re-export hubs, because imports are gross while GDP is value added. National accounts basis, so it differs from customs trade totals. For the amount in dollars see imports_goods_services_usd.
- Source: World Bank, Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) (NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/imports-share-of-gdp/bahrain
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=imports_goods_services_gdp&place=bh

| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 70 |
| 2023 | 70.1 |
| 2022 | 71.2 |
| 2021 | 67.5 |
| 2020 | 65 |
| 2019 | 62.3 |
| 2018 | 68.4 |
| 2017 | 64.2 |
| 2016 | 62.2 |
| 2015 | 68.6 |
| 2014 | 76.4 |
| 2013 | 83.8 |
| 2012 | 80.6 |
| 2011 | 71.9 |
| 2010 | 48.9 |
| 2009 | 49.5 |
| 2008 | 63.3 |
| 2007 | 58.1 |
| 2006 | 62.5 |
| 2005 | 64.4 |
| 2004 | 62.1 |
| 2003 | 56 |
| 2002 | 58.6 |
| 2001 | 53.4 |
| 2000 | 56.6 |
| 1999 | 55.4 |
| 1998 | 56.2 |
| 1997 | 61.1 |
| 1996 | 67 |
| 1995 | 62 |
| 1994 | 65.1 |
| 1993 | 71 |
| 1992 | 85.1 |
| 1991 | 84.1 |
| 1990 | 83.2 |
| 1989 | 77.1 |
| 1988 | 68.2 |
| 1987 | 76.9 |
| 1986 | 74.6 |
| 1985 | 79 |
| 1984 | 82.5 |
| 1983 | 81.7 |
| 1982 | 93.9 |
| 1981 | 105.5 |
| 1980 | 101.3 |