Bahrain Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $4.0 billion at current prices (1982 •st.), $10,000 per capita; real growth rate 9% (1981)

Natural resources: oil, associated and nonassociated natural gas, fish

Agriculture: not self-sufficient in food production; produces some fruit and vegetables; engages in dairy and poultry farming and in shrimping and fishing

Major Industries: petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, offshore banking ship repairing

Electric pou. er: 1 407,800 kW capacity (1985); 6.166 billion kWh produced (1985), 14.4 40 kWh per capita

Exports: $3.1 billion (f.o.b., 1984); nonoil exports $ 400 million (1984); oil exports $2.7 billion (1984)

Imports: $3 5 billion (c.i.f , 1984); nonoil imports $1.9 billion (1984); oil imports $16 billion (1984)

Major trade partners: Japan, UK, US, Saudi Arabia

Budget: (1985) $967 million current expenditure, $556 million capital

Monetary conversion rate: 0.38 Bahrain dinar=US$l (October 1985)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Bahrain on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bahrain 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bahrain 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.