The authority stated that the survey included measuring the volume of foreign investments of the most important institutions in various economic sectors in order to provide recent statistical data on the volume and flows of foreign investments, in a step aimed at serving decision-makers in setting appropriate policies to attract and polarize more investments in order to contribute to advancing the development wheel witnessed by the Kingdom.
The statistics showed that the Kingdom’s FDI flows during 2021 were amounted to BHD 668.97 million, compared to the flow of 2020 amounted to BHD 384.04 million. The manufacturing sector and the financing and insurance activities sector contributed for most of the flows, quarrying at BHD 316.93 and BHD 315.16 million, respectively. Direct investments from Kuwait accounted for 34.18 % or BHD 228.66 million of 2021 flows, followed by Cayman Islands, with a value of BHD 200.06 million, and Japan with a value of BHD 150.75 million, which reflects the efforts made to diversify the sources of foreign direct investment incoming to the Kingdom.The survey targeted to determine the sources of foreign investment in the Kingdom according to the country of residence of the investors, as well as to identify the sectors that attract investment to focus on them and go to the development of other sectors.
The Foreign Investment Survey is one of the most important economic surveys that the Authority conducting on a regular basis identifying foreign investment balances and flows. The Authority, represented by the Department of Economic Statistics, in cooperation with the relevant authorities, implements the survey in accordance with the recommendations of international organizations and international standards. The survey is in accordance with the unified action plan implemented by the GCC countries and supervised by the Gulf Statistical Center with the aim of collecting foreign investment statistics.
For more information or details on current surveys, please visit the Bahrain Open Data Portal,
data.gov.bh.
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