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Bahrain — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Bahrain, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
70.43%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +5.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Bahrain was 70.43% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 72.39% in 2017. The lowest was 64.91% in 2004 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.15% per year.
Bahrain ranks 26 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Bahrain sits above it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
70.43%
First (1990)
66.72%
Change
+5.6%
Highest
72.39%
in 2017
Lowest
64.91%
in 2004
Average
68.35%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.15%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.43% |
| 2024 | 70.57% |
| 2023 | 70.7% |
| 2022 | 70.29% |
| 2021 | 68.94% |
| 2020 | 69.23% |
| 2019 | 71.41% |
| 2018 | 72.07% |
| 2017 | 72.39% |
| 2016 | 71.98% |
| 2015 | 71.36% |
| 2014 | 71.17% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.