Bahrain – Network Readiness Index

Performance Overview

GDP (PPP) per capita

IS03

BHR

Country

Bahrain

Score

58.73

Rank

40

Technology

59.3

People

49.59

Governance

68.38

Impact

57.63

1. Mobile tariffs	57.1	78
2. Cost of cheapest internet-enable device (% of monthly GDP per capita)	23.16	104
3. Households with internet acccess	97.38	7
4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population)	100	1
5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of totaal subscriptions)	94.83	20
6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user	73.86	25
7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose	100	1

1. Digital participation	n/a	n/a
2. Mobile apps development	69.32	44
3. Receipts for the use of intellectual property	n/a	n/a

1. Availability of latest technologies	72.94	33
2. Company investment in emerging technology	n/a	n/a
3. Government procurement of advanced technology products	59.95	21
4. ICT PCT patent applications per million population	n/a	n/a
5. Total computer software spending (% of GDP)	27.27	30
6. Robot density	n/a	n/a

1. Medium and high-tech industry	28.14	67
2. High-tech exports	1.99	106
3. PCT patent applications	n/a	n/a
4. Labour productivity per employee	54.32	23

1. Happiness	66.03	40
2. Freedom to make life choices	87.36	25
3. Income inequality	n/a	n/a
4. Healthy life expectancy at birth	70.33	42

1. Access to basic services	100	1
2. Pollution	28.54	116
3. Road safety	83.44	33
4. Reading proficiency in schools	69.62	36
5. Maths proficiency in schools	39.39	48
5. Use of clean fuels and technology	100	1

1. Internet users	98.88	4
2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions	49.18	13
3. Use of virtual social networks	81.29	8
5. Tertiary enrolment	36.57	58
5. Adult literacy rate	96.11	33
6. ICT skills	88.98	7

1. Firms with website	n/a	n/a
2. Internet shopping	32.09	43
3. Professionals	18.27	78
4. Technicians and associate professionals	26.42	75
5. Extent of staff training	64.45	27
6. R&D expenditure by businesses	0.52	78

1. Government online services	77.69	45
2. Publication and use of open data	18.91	72
3.ICT use and government efficiency	78.34	12
4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education	6.06	95

1. Rule of law	62.75	45
2. Software piracy rate	50	46
3. Secure Internet servers	50.46	72
4. Cybersecurity	62.06	69
5. Online trust and safety	n/a	n/a

1. Regulatory quality	61.24	50
2. Ease of doing business	81	42
3. Legal framework's adaptability to digital business models	n/a	n/a
4. E-commerce legislation	75	66
5. Social safety net protection	68.21	30
6. ICT regulatory environment	88.42	44

1. E-Participation	77.07	53
2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments	77.5	48
3. Availability of local online content	n/a	n/a
4. Gender gap in internet use	66.36	23
5. Rural gap in use of digital payments	75.26	30