Bahrain — Economy, Markets & Global Data

Bahrain (BH) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.

A small Gulf financial and industrial centre that industrialised earlier than most of its neighbours. Aluminium, banking and the causeway to Saudi Arabia are the economic facts. Oil is no longer enough, and fiscal space is tighter than in the richer gas states.

Region: Middle East. Population: 2.0M (rank #149). GDP: $40.0 billion. GDP per capita: $29,569 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +2.6%. Inflation: +1.5%. Policy rate: 6.5%. Currency: BHD. Equity market cap: $50.0 billion.

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Currency: BHD

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