ion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - consumption:
8.742 billion kWh (2006 est.)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)
Oil - production:
48,610 bbl/day (2007 est.)
Oil - consumption:
32,830 bbl/day (2006 est.)
Oil - exports:
238,900 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - imports:
221,500 bbl/day (2005)
Oil - proved reserves:
124.6 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)
Natural gas - production:
11.33 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - consumption:
11.33 billion cu m (2006 est.)
Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - imports:
0 cu m (2007 est.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
$2.907 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$13.79 billion (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum and petroleum products, aluminum, textiles
Exports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 3.5%, US 2.5%, UAE 2.5% (2007)
Imports:
$10.93 billion (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
crude oil, machinery, chemicals
Imports - partners:
Saudi Arabia 37.7%, Japan 7.2%, US 6.2%, Germany 4.7%, UK 4.5%, UAE
4.2%, China 4.1% (2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$103.9 million (2004)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$4.101 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$7.858 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$13.31 billion (2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$7.72 billion (2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$21.12 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
Bahraini dinar (BHD)
Currency code:
BHD
Exchange rates:
Bahraini dinars (BHD) per US dollar - 0.376 (2007), 0.376 (2006),
0.376 (2005), 0.376 (2004), 0.376 (2003)
Communications
Bahrain
Telephones - main lines in use:
194,200 (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.116 million (2007)
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; landing point for the Fiber-Optic
Link Around the Globe (FLAG) submarine cable network that provides
links to Asia, Middle East, Europe,
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