How dependent is Bahrain on Saudi Arabia?

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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%.

• Saudi Arabia sells 9.9% of what the world exports of dredgers and floating cranes; next come China (23.7%), South Korea (12.3%) and Angola (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 31.2 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 38.4% of what the world exports of warships and other vessels; next come Norway (7.6%), China (6.1%) and Indonesia (6%). The rest of the world exported 8.8 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 24.9% of what the world exports of tugboats; next come China (11.2%), Turkey (8.7%) and Thailand (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 57.1 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 0.75% of what the world exports of cargo and cruise ships; next come China (31%), South Korea (29.6%) and Japan (10.9%). The rest of the world exported 2,913.1 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 4.4% of what the world exports of yogurt and fermented milk; next come Germany (17.9%), France (12%) and Greece (7.8%). The rest of the world exported 197.8 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1.9% of what the world exports of cement; next come Turkey (9.6%), Vietnam (9.5%) and Egypt (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 537.5 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1.2% of what the world exports of soft drinks; next come Austria (9.8%), Germany (8.4%) and Netherlands (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 1,181.5 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 2.1% of what the world exports of fresh milk and cream; next come Germany (13.8%), Netherlands (12.1%) and France (8%). The rest of the world exported 551.6 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 0.94% of what the world exports of steel wire rod; next come China (17.5%), Germany (10%) and Italy (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 612.3 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 0.54% of what the world exports of glass bottles and jars; next come China (17.7%), Germany (11.3%) and Italy (7.2%). The rest of the world exported 686 times what Bahrain buys from Saudi Arabia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Bahrain is Saudi Arabia’s 23rd-largest customer, with 0.8% of its exports.

• Trade between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
• Who does Bahrain rely on?
• Who does Saudi Arabia rely on?
• Dependence of Bahrain on Australia
• Dependence of Bahrain on Brazil
• Dependence of Bahrain on China
• Trade profile of Bahrain
• Trade profile of Saudi Arabia
• 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.