Zahra Habib
The open data platform revealed the volume of foreign direct investments received to Bahrain for the year 2024, as it amounted to about 66.5 million dinars, while the fourth quarter was the most momentum with the amount of investments that exceeded 17.2 million dinars.
According to the numbers mentioned in the statistics, the balances of foreign direct investments amounted to 66.5 million dinars during 12 months, that is, along the year 2024, as the first quarter recorded investments valued at approximately 16.4 million dinars, and in the second quarter 16.3 million dinars, while the third quarter amounted to 16.5 million dinars.
Kuwait topped the list of countries in terms of the volume of foreign investments in Bahrain during the past year (2024), which is valued at 23.5 million dinars, followed by Saudi Arabia by 14.7 million dinars, then the UAE with investments amounting to 7 million dinars for the same period. Libya ranked fourth in the volume of foreign direct investments in Bahrain, and reaches 4.8 million dinars, then India with 2.5 million dinars, after which the Keiman Islands are 2.2 million dinars, and Türkiye followed by investments estimated at 1.9 million dinars. Qatar’s investments in Bahrain for 2024 amounted to 1.5 million dinars, and Japan is about 1.3 million dinars, followed by Oman at a value of one million dinars.
Statistics indicated that the financing and insurance activities are considered one of the most prominent foreign investments in Bahrain for the past year, which amounted to about 48.5 million dinars, followed by the manufacturing industries with a size of 4.5 million dinars, while professional, scientific and technical activities did not exceed 3.5 million dinars, while real estate activities recorded about 1.8 million dinars.
