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Bahrain Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)
What is Bahrain's military expenditure (% of general government expenditure)? As of 2023, it's 11.8 Percentage, down from 15.6 Percentage in 2014.
| Label | Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 15.5509 Percentage |
| 2015 | 12.7247 Percentage |
| 2016 | 13.351 Percentage |
| 2017 | 13.4273 Percentage |
| 2018 | 12.0394 Percentage |
| 2019 | 12.3305 Percentage |
| 2020 | 11.3323 Percentage |
| 2021 | 11.4927 Percentage |
| 2022 | 12.4948 Percentage |
| 2023 | 11.7992 Percentage |
Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
Bahrain Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure): Key Points
- Bahrain's military expenditure tells a 24% story: 15.55 Percentage at the 2014 starting line, 11.80 Percentage by 2023, down overall.
- 2015: falls to 12.72 Percentage (-18%).
- 2017-2018: slides to 12.04 Percentage (-10%).
- 2020: down to 11.33 Percentage (-8%).
- 2022: lifts to 12.49 Percentage (+9%).
- Full span, 2014 to 2023: net loss of 24.1%, ending at 11.80 Percentage.
Why There's No Clean Trend Here
The absence of a clean trend is itself informative — it suggests Bahrain's underlying conditions here are unsettled or the measurement is noisy, not that nothing is happening.
Worth noting this move happens in 2020, the year lockdowns disrupted ordinary activity broadly across the world. It may or may not be the direct explanation here, but it's the most common one for a dip landing in exactly this year.
On its own, this line shows movement, not meaning. Whether Bahrain's military expenditure trend here is a success or a warning sign depends on context this single chart doesn't carry — comparable countries, policy changes, or a longer time horizon.
This is Bahrain data, published by the source linked below. Indicator series like this are usually modeled/estimated between survey years, not measured fresh every year — trust the multi-year direction over any one data point.
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