Bahrain: Short-term government debt

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 Bahrain

Short-term government debt, percent of total

 Latest value 23.29
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2011 - 2024
 Average 18.79
 Min - Max 10.71 - 26.37
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 23.29 percent, an increase from 21.64 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 8.06 percent, based on data from 131 countries. Historically, the average for Bahrain from 2011 to 2024 is 18.79 percent. The minimum value, 10.71 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 26.37 percent was recorded in 2020. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Bahrain: Short-term government debt
 2024 23.29
 2023 21.64
 2022 20.33
 2021 22.47
 2020 26.37
 2019 23.03
 2018 18.64
 2017 20.41




Definition: General government debt with maturity of twelve months or less as percent of total government debt. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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 Government spending, percent of GDP 14.08 2024 percent
 Government spending, in dollars 6.65 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Fiscal balance, percent of GDP -10.62 2024 percent
 Primary budget balance -4.08 2024 percent
 Tax revenue 2.82 2020 percent
 Taxes on goods and services 13.86 2020 percent
 Taxes on international trade 4.09 2020 percent
 Income and profits taxes 0.32 2020 percent
 Foreign aid 58.22 2004 million U.S. dollars
 Government debt 133.38 2024 percent
 Sovereign debt average maturity 4.82 2024 percent
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