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Bahrain
Military expenditure (% of GDP)

Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product

Global rank#26out of 147 countries
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Historical trend

8.56.85.03.31.5197520002024Bahrain · 2024: 2.89%Bahrain

Analytical takeaways

  • Bahrain records 2.89% for Military expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #26 globally out of 147 countries.
  • Military expenditure (% of GDP) increased from 1.53% in 1975 to 2.89% in 2024, a gain of 1.37%.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

Comparison

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