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Bahrain
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · High income · capital Manama
Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old81.4years
Ranks 41 of 217 in 2024
9% above world median · 6% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old8.8per 1,000 live births
Ranks 65 of 196 in 2024
41% below world median · 32% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old17per 100,000 live births
Ranks 65 of 194 in 2023
64% below world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
1995 · 31 years old13.6% of under-5s
Ranks 4 of 27 in 1995
49% below world median · 40% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 27 countries reporting in 1995 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old4.00% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
37% below world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.81births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
5% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2024 · 2 years old97.8% of adults 15+
Ranks 7 of 29 in 2024
4% above world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 29 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2024 · 2 years old96.9% gross
Ranks 87 of 134 in 2024
3% below world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old1.89% of GDP
Ranks 107 of 121 in 2023
48% below world median · 53% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old30,597current US$
Ranks 42 of 186 in 2025
2.9× above world median · 4.3× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old70,997international $
Ranks 23 of 185 in 2025
2.5× above world median · 2.7× above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old1.1% of labour force
Ranks 7 of 182 in 2025
78% below world median · 87% below Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old-0.1% per year
Not ranked — no better end
1.0× below world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old2.89% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
83% above world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2024 · 2 years old98.9% of population
Ranks 32 of 148 in 2024
23% above world median · 17% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 182 in 2024
22% above world median · 15% above Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old23.90t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
8.4× above world median
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old1.6mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
76% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Bahrain has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini). That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.