Unemployment Rate fell 5.75% to 3.86% in Bahrain in 2021, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Bahrain reached an all time high of 4.09% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.830% in 1993.
Bahrain has been ranked 80th within the group of 102 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 86 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Bahrain | % | 1.44% | 1.51% | 1.56% | 4.09% | 3.86% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 12.1% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 15.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 15.8% | 16.3% | 16.9% | 18.5% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 2.25% | 2.34% | 2.41% | 6.79% | 1.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 3.94% | 4.08% | 3.98% | 4.65% | 6.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.140% | 0.110% | 0.120% | 3.45% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 5.89% | 6.04% | 6.13% | 8.22% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 3.84% | 3.79% | 3.74% | 4.38% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 2.46% | 2.23% | 2.28% | 5.00% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 13.2% | 13.0% | 12.9% | 13.4% | ... | ... | ... |