Agreement
Bahrain approved a draft law ratifying its headquarters agreement with AAOIFI.
Aug 24, 2026 · Cabinet of Bahrain
Countries / Gulf / Bahrain
Bahrain
High income · Diversified economy · Data availability: good
The Gulf’s smallest economy and its early mover into banking and finance, having depleted most of its own oil. Closely tied to Saudi Arabia economically and reliant on Gulf support during fiscal strain.
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Policy reform
Bahrain's Cabinet approved a draft law amending the legislation establishing Bahrain Development Bank.
Sep 7, 2026 · Cabinet of Bahrain
Vitals
Core figures — the latest value each source holds, the previous reading and the bloc median.
GDP
$49.0B
as of 2025
up from $47.2B (2024)
Gulf median $186.4B
Real GDP growth
3.5%
as of 2025
up from 2.9% (2024)
Gulf median 2.8%
Inflation, year-on-year
2.9%
as of Aug 2026
down from 3.0% (Jul 2026)
GDP per person
$30,597
as of 2025
up from $29,717 (2024)
Gulf median $33,424
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Quarterly report
Written once from the quarter's findings, then frozen.
Q3 2026 · Bahrain
BHR — Q3 2026 brief
The Q3 2026 findings for Bahrain combined a 2026 price observation with annual trends through 2024. An IMF consumer price index finding, subsequently replaced by a newer version, recorded an all-items monthly index value of 103.70 in 2026. This stood 2.36 standard deviations above the 2021–2026 historical mean of 100.87; the historical standard deviation was 1.20. The finding did not specify the observation month.
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Everything MENACodex detects for this economy — the lead finding charted, the rest filtered by pattern and sector.
Bahrain's goods imports have risen for 4 straight months, from $584.8 million in March 2026 to $1.2 billion in July 2026: up 98%.
Goods imports (monthly) [World Bank GEM] (USD)1.2B
Multi-year lowBahrain's crude oil production, including lease condensate fell to 30.0 thousand barrels a day in June 2026, its lowest level in records going back to January 2006.
DivergenceBahrain's crude oil production, including lease condensate fell 52% between March and June 2026, while its Gulf peers averaged a 16% rise: a gap this wide has appeared only 2 times in the past 243 months.
OutlierBahrain's GDP per person at purchasing-power parity at constant prices reached $60,670 in 2025, about 12% above its 1990–2024 average of $53,936. A gap that large has appeared only once in the past 36 years.
TrendBahrain's investment (gross capital formation) at constant prices have risen for 3 straight years, from $6.4 billion in 2021 to $12 billion in 2024: up 89%.
TrendBahrain's number of male directors has risen for 5 straight years, from 4,638 in 2019 to 10,237 in 2024: more than twice as high.
Briefs
Analysis pieces on Bahrain, every number checked against the source.
Agenda Watch
Official decisions and what the news is reporting, with the original source named.
| Date | Decision | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Bahrain approved an agreement with Al Baraka Islamic Bank supporting SME guarantees. | Agreement | Cabinet of Bahrain (pmo.gov.bh) |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Bahrain's Cabinet approved a proposal regulating sales under a restricted retail system. | Policy reform | Cabinet of Bahrain (pmo.gov.bh) |
| Sep 7, 2026 | Bahrain's Cabinet approved a draft law amending the legislation establishing Bahrain Development Bank. | Policy reform | Cabinet of Bahrain (pmo.gov.bh) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Bahrain's Cabinet approved the GCC–Pakistan Free Trade Agreement. | Trade measure | Cabinet of Bahrain (pmo.gov.bh) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Bahrain approved a draft law ratifying its headquarters agreement with AAOIFI. | Agreement | Cabinet of Bahrain (pmo.gov.bh) |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Bahrain approved a smart-agriculture cooperation memorandum with South Korea. | Agreement | Cabinet of Bahrain (pmo.gov.bh) |
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Every series we hold for Bahrain, by sector — open one in the Database to chart it against its neighbours.
Economy & growth
GDP, output, investment, savings · 234 series
Open indicators →Prices & moneyInflation, policy rate, money, exchange rate · 23 series
Open indicators →Trade & externalExports, imports, reserves, current account · 54 series
Open indicators →Public financeRevenue, spending, debt, balance · 47 series
Open indicators →Financial sectorCredit, banks, markets · 51 series
Open indicators →Energy & environmentOil, gas, power, emissions · 94 series
Open indicators →Technology & infrastructureInternet, mobile, transport · 33 series
Open indicators →PeoplePopulation, jobs, health, education · 38 series
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