Summary
- Bahrain → United Arab Emirates
- $1.7billion
- United Arab Emirates → Bahrain
- $1.2billion
- Bahrain’s balance
- $525million
Balance
Bahrain’s trade balance with the United Arab Emirates
Trade between Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates grew 14.8-fold since 2000
USD billions (current). Bahrain’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 1.7
- Imports 1.2
- Balance +0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1997 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1999 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $81 million | $114 million | -$33 million |
| 2001 | $85 million | $108 million | -$23 million |
| 2002 | $98 million | $139 million | -$42 million |
| 2003 | $111 million | $169 million | -$58 million |
| 2004 | $104 million | $188 million | -$84 million |
| 2005 | $307 million | $615 million | -$308 million |
| 2006 | $152 million | $221 million | -$69 million |
| 2007 | $440 million | $420 million | $20 million |
| 2008 | $734 million | $689 million | $45 million |
| 2009 | $335 million | $367 million | -$31 million |
| 2010 | $366 million | $374 million | -$9 million |
| 2011 | $599 million | $577 million | $22 million |
| 2012 | $840 million | $1.2 billion | -$338 million |
| 2013 | $926 million | $1 billion | -$122 million |
| 2014 | $1.6 billion | $1.2 billion | $417 million |
| 2015 | $1 billion | $1.3 billion | -$253 million |
| 2016 | $997 million | $1.1 billion | -$129 million |
| 2017 | $2.4 billion | $1.5 billion | $907 million |
| 2018 | $3.3 billion | $1.6 billion | $1.7 billion |
| 2019 | $4.3 billion | $1.2 billion | $3.2 billion |
| 2020 | $2.6 billion | $1.1 billion | $1.5 billion |
| 2021 | $2.7 billion | $1.4 billion | $1.3 billion |
| 2022 | $2.9 billion | $1.6 billion | $1.4 billion |
| 2023 | $3.1 billion | $2 billion | $1.1 billion |
| 2024 | $1.7 billion | $1.2 billion | $525 million |
What they sell each other
What Bahrain sells to the United Arab Emirates
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United Arab Emirates sells to Bahrain
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Mina Salman and Jebel Ali is 271 nautical miles (501 km) long: ≈ 0.5–1 day at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or strait.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United Arab Emirates was Bahrain’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and Bahrain was the United Arab Emirates’ 33rd (0.5%).
- The United Arab Emirates in Bahrain’s trade
- 8.2%
- The United Arab Emirates’ rank among Bahrain’s partners
- 2nd
- Bahrain in the United Arab Emirates’ trade
- 0.5%
- Bahrain’s rank among the United Arab Emirates’ partners
- 33rd
Compare with
Other partners of Bahrain
Other partners of the United Arab Emirates
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.