Imports as a share of GDP reached 0.674 % in 2017 in Bahrain, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 3.06 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, imports as a share of GDP in Bahrain reached an all time high of 1.20 % in 1981 and an all time low of 0.495 % in 2009. When compared to Bahrain's main peers, imports as a share of GDP in Iran amounted to 0.238 %, 0.478 % in Kuwait, 0.373 % in Qatar and 0.286 % in Saudi Arabia in 2017.
Bahrain has been ranked 26th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of imports as a share of GDP, 22 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world.
| Imports (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Bahrain | % | 0.747% | 0.837% | 0.871% | 0.795% | 0.717% | ||||
| Iran | % | 0.176% | 0.232% | 0.234% | 0.215% | 0.193% | ||||
| Iraq | % | 0.278% | 0.291% | 0.360% | 0.369% | 0.414% | ||||
| Jordan | % | 0.739% | 0.743% | 0.720% | 0.697% | 0.605% | ||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.259% | 0.263% | 0.267% | 0.315% | 0.449% | ||||
| Pakistan | % | 0.190% | 0.204% | 0.201% | 0.187% | 0.171% | ||||
| Qatar | % | 0.261% | 0.293% | 0.297% | 0.310% | 0.366% | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 0.295% | 0.292% | 0.308% | 0.338% | 0.388% | ||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 0.513% | 0.505% | 0.488% | 0.443% | 0.456% | ||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 0.620% | 0.648% | 0.649% | 0.689% | 0.744% | ||||
| Yemen | % | 0.327% | 0.365% | 0.302% | 0.284% | 0.248% | ... |
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