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Bahrain — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Bahrain, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.10%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · +5.3% since 1991
Unemployment for Bahrain was 1.10% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.76% in 2020. The lowest was 0.88% in 1993 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.15% per year.
Bahrain ranks 181 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 97%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Bahrain sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 38% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.10%
First (1991)
1.05%
Change
+5.3%
Highest
1.76%
in 2020
Lowest
0.88%
in 1993
Average
1.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.15%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.08% |
| 2023 | 1.05% |
| 2022 | 1.26% |
| 2021 | 1.55% |
| 2020 | 1.77% |
| 2019 | 1.22% |
| 2018 | 1.19% |
| 2017 | 1.18% |
| 2016 | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 1.16% |
| 2014 | 1.14% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.