Bahrain Budget
The annual budget is the government's principal
instrument of
economic development and its barometer of progress. It
projects
total revenues from all sources, including petroleum,
taxes,
customs duties, investments, and foreign government
transfers. It
also includes projected expenditures for government
salaries,
services, and development projects. The annual budget is
supplemented by biennial budgets and six-year development
plans.
The budget indicated that Bahrain's GDP for 1990 was about
US$4.0
billion, or a per capita GDP of US$7,500.
Data as of January 1993
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