Bahrain Current Account Balance

Variable: Current account balance

Note: Current account is all transactions other than those in financial and capital items. The major classifications are goods and services, income and current transfers. The focus of the BOP is on transactions (between an economy and the rest of the world) in goods, services, and income.

Units: U.S. dollars

Scale: Billions

Country-specific Note: Source: Central Bank. Central Bank of Bahrain Latest actual data: 2017 BOP Manual used: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6). BOP data from 2011 are based on a new methodology revised in 2016 by the authorities. Changes include adoption of BPM6 format, exclusion of some non-resident offshore banks, and additional coverage for trade. Pre-2011 data on capital and financial flows, the current account aggregate, and for secondary income are unchanged and follow the previous methodology. Pre-2011 goods trade data are unchanged and follow the previous methodology, except for 2009 and 2010, where non-oil exports and imports are taken from UN Comtrade. Pre-2011 services and primary income data are staff estimates. Primary domestic currency: Bahrain dinar Data last updated: 02/2019

Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019