Official: Bahrain can double GDP per capita by 2015

Published April 20th, 2006 - 01:39 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Bahrain can double its GDP per capita by 2015 and register growth at 9% per year, the chief executive officer at the Economic Development Board, Shaikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa stated. He said: "Bahrain aspires to set its productivity improvement at among the best in the world and triple the current rate of productivity improvement from 1.5% to 5% a year and increase GDP growth to 9% a year."