Who does Bahrain rely on?

1. Saudi Arabia$2.5 billion · 14.5%
2. China$2.3 billion · 13.5%
3. Australia$1.3 billion · 7.9%
4. Brazil$1.3 billion · 7.5%
5. United Arab Emirates$1.2 billion · 7%
6. United States$934 million · 5.5%
7. India$876 million · 5.2%
8. Japan$694 million · 4.1%
9. Germany$671 million · 4%
10. Italy$430 million · 2.5%

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Of the 659 products Bahrain buys for more than $1 million in 2024, these are the highest-value ones with a dominant supplier.

and 214 more

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.

Largest customer: Saudi Arabia

17.1%

Concentration (HHI)

572

Concentration index (HHI): 572 out of 10,000; equivalent to splitting sales among 17 customers of the same size

142 of the 249 products Bahrain sells for more than $1 million have a customer buying more than 50% of what Bahrain sells of that product; in 70, more than 75%. In those products, sales to each one’s dominant customer add up to 14.3% of what Bahrain sells.

and 127 more

The closest countries in the concentration ranking (HHI, highest first).

• Trade profile of Bahrain
• Trade between Bahrain and Australia
• Trade between Bahrain and Brazil
• Trade between Bahrain and China
• Trade between Bahrain and India
• Trade between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
• Trade between Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates
• Trade between Bahrain and the United States
• Dependence of Bahrain on Saudi Arabia
• Dependence of Bahrain on Australia
• Dependence of Bahrain on Brazil
• Dependence of Bahrain on China
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.