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.
GNI at constant prices rose for four consecutive years, from $31.1 billion in 2020 to $42.3 billion in 2024, an increase of 36%. Over an overlapping period, growth in imports of goods and services fell for three consecutive years, from 15.2% in 2021 to 1.58% in 2024, a reported decline of 14 percentage points.
Stock market capitalisation as a share of GDP also fell for three consecutive years, from 70.2% in 2021 to 43.2% in 2024, down 27 percentage points. Taken together, the annual findings recorded rising real GNI alongside slower import growth and a lower stock market capitalisation-to-GDP ratio. They did not establish a lead–lag sequence or movements within Q3 2026 itself.
The findings were statistically detected from named multilateral sources, including the IMF, and were checked before publication. This brief covered findings published during Q3 2026.