Unemployment rate: Bahrain
1.102% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.102 |
| 2024 | 1.084 |
| 2023 | 1.049 |
| 2022 | 1.265 |
| 2021 | 1.548 |
| 2020 | 1.765 |
| 2019 | 1.217 |
| 2018 | 1.188 |
| 2017 | 1.18 |
| 2016 | 1.19 |
| 2015 | 1.164 |
| 2014 | 1.144 |
| 2013 | 1.184 |
| 2012 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 1.21 |
| 2010 | 1.13 |
| 2009 | 1.07 |
| 2008 | 1.015 |
| 2007 | 1.006 |
| 2006 | 1.021 |
| 2005 | 1.021 |
| 2004 | 1.064 |
| 2003 | 1.126 |
| 2002 | 1.137 |
| 2001 | 1.118 |
| 2000 | 1.081 |
| 1999 | 1.112 |
| 1998 | 1.114 |
| 1997 | 1.125 |
| 1996 | 1.177 |
| 1995 | 1.044 |
| 1994 | 1.007 |
| 1993 | 0.882 |
| 1992 | 0.968 |
| 1991 | 1.047 |