32.7 billion cu m (2002 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2002 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2002 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
46 billion cu m (2004)
Current account balance:
$586.1 million (2004 est.)
Exports:
$8.205 billion (2004 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles
Exports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 3%, US 2.9%, UAE 2.2% (2004)
Imports:
$5.87 billion (2004 est.)
Imports - commodities:
crude oil, machinery, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 32.4%, Japan 7.3%, Germany 6.1%, US 5.6%, UK 5.4%,
France 4.8% (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$2.141 billion (2004 est.)
Debt - external:
$6.215 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$150 million; note - $50 million annually since 1992 from each of
Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait (2002)
Currency (code):
Bahraini dinar (BHD)
Currency code:
BHD
Exchange rates:
Bahraini dinars per US dollar - 0.376 (2004), 0.376 (2003), 0.376
(2002), 0.376 (2001), 0.376 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Bahrain
Telephones - main lines in use:
185,800 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
443,100 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network
with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and
UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to
Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat
(1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (1997)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
338,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
4 (1997)
Televisions:
275,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.bh
Internet hosts:
1,334 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
195,700 (2003)
Transportation Bahrain
Highways: total: 3,459 km paved: 2,653 km unpaved: 806 km (2002)
Pipelines:
gas 20 km; oil 53 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Mina' Salman, Sitrah
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 3, cargo 2, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 2 (Kuwait 2) (2005)
Airports:
4 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 3 over 3,047 m: 2 1524 to 2437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)
Military Bahrain
Military branches:
Bahrain Defense Forces (BDF): Ground Force (includes Air Defense),
Navy, Air Force, National Guard
Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18–49: 202,126 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18–49: 161,372 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 6,013 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$628.9 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
6.3% (2004)
Transnational Issues Bahrain
