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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES
ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 2009
BAHRAIN STOCK EXCHANGE
BAHRAIN ECONOMIC CHARTS AND TABLES
Annual data
2007 (a)
Population (m)
GDP (US$ bn; market exchange rate)
GDP (US$ bn; purchasing power parity)
GDP per head (US$; market exchange rate)
GDP per head (US$; purchasing power parity)
Exchange rate (av) BD:US$
1.0(b)
16.9
24.9
16,188
23,762
0.38(b)
Historical averages (%)
2003-07
Population growth
Real GDP growth
Real domestic demand growth
Inflation
Current-account balance (% of GDP)
FDI inflows (% of GDP)
8.6
7.1
8.4
2.4
9.6
9.9
(a) The Economist Intelligence Unit estimates. (b) Actual.
ECONOMIC FORECAST SUMMARY
Real GDP growth (%)
Consumer price inflation (av; %)
Budget balance (% of GDP)
Current-account balance (% of GDP)
Exchange rate BD:US$ (av)
Exchange rate BD:[euro] (av)
2007-PRINCIPAL EXPORTS (%)
Petroleum
Other
Aluminium & aluminium products
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
6.1
7.0
7.8
11.4
0.376
0.558 3.4
4.5
0.2
1.1
0.376
0.511 4.3
3.9
0.8
2.0
0.376
0.494 4.2
4.1
1.3
3.4
0.376
0.498 4.3
4.2
2.5
4.4
0.376
0.508 4.1
4.1
0.4
3.9
0.376
0.515
2007-PRINCIPAL IMPORTS (%)
Crude oil
Other
79.2
48.3
11.4
51.7
9.6
2007-MAIN DESTINATIONS OF EXPORTS (%)
Saudi Arabia
UAE
USA
Japan
Other
2006-MAIN ORIGINS OF IMPORTS (%)
Saudi Arabia
UK
Other
3.6 2.6 2.6
36.5
1.6
Japan
USA
6.7
6.4
6.2
89.6
44.2
(a) Central Bank of Bahrain. (b) IMF, International Financial Statistics.
(c) IMF, Direction of Trade Statistics.
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