Economía - descripción: In Bahrain, petroleum production and processing account for about 60% of export receipts, 60% of government revenues, and 30% of GDP. Economic conditions have fluctuated with the changing fortunes of oil since 1985, for example, during and following the Gulf crisis of 1990-91. With its highly developed communication and transport facilities, Bahrain is home to numerous multinational firms with business in the Gulf. A large share of exports consists of petroleum products made from imported crude. Construction proceeds on several major industrial projects. Unemployment, especially among the young, and the depletion of both oil and underground water resources are major long-term economic problems.

Producto Bruto Interno (PBI): purchasing power parity - $8.6 billion (1999 est.)

PBI - Indice de Incremento real: 4% (1999 est.)

PBI - por capital: purchasing power parity - $13,700 (1999 est.)

PBI - Composición por Sector:
agriculture: 1%
industry: 46%
services: 53% (1996 est.)

Población bajo linea de pobertad: NA%

Ingreso en casa o porcentage de consumción:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Indice de Inflación (precios del consumidor): 0.5% (1998 est.)

Fuerza Laboral: 295,000 (1998 est.)
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (July 1998 est.)

Fuerza Laboral - por ocupación: industry, commerce, and service 79%, government 20%, agriculture 1% (1997 est.)

Indice de desempleo: 15% (1998 est.)

Presupuesto:
revenues: $1.5 billion
expenditures: $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998)

Industrias: petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore banking, ship repairing; tourism

Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (1995)

Electricidad - Producción: 4.77 billion kWh (1998)

Electricidad - producción por fuente:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)

Electricidad - consumción: 1.09 billion kWh (1999)

Electricidad - exportaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Electricidad - importaciones: 0 kWh (1998)

Agricultura - productos: fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish

Exportaciones: $3.3 billion (f.o.b., 1998)

Exporationes - comodidades: petroleum and petroleum products 61%, aluminum 7%

Exportaciones - socios: India 18%, Japan 11%, Saudi Arabia 8%, South Korea 7%, UAE 5% (1997)

Importaciones: $3.5 billion (f.o.b., 1998)

Importaciones - comodidades: nonoil 59%, crude oil 41%

Importaciones - socios: Saudi Arabia 45%, US 10%, UK 6%, Japan 5%, Germany 4% (1997)

Deuda - externa: $2 billion (1997)

Ayuda economica - recipiente: $48.4 million (1995)

Moneda: 1 Bahraini dinar (BD) = 1,000 fils

Indice de intercambio: Bahraini dinars (BD) per US$1 - 0.3760 (fixed rate)

Año Fiscal: calendar year