Bahrain
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | Arab States |
| Population (Total) | 1,641,172 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.02% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 38,574 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.04% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 46,891 |
Performance Overview
IS03
BHR
Country
Bahrain
Score
57.59
Rank
42
Technology
51.16
People
52.39
Governance
67.00
Impact
59.80
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 57.10 | 78 |
| 2. Handset prices | 23.16 | 110 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 97.54 | 7 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 94.83 | 20 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 73.88 | 26 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 1.45 | 93 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 42.29 | 70 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 72.18 | 44 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 65.71 | 30 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | n/a | n/a |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 25.74 | 41 |
| 5. Robot density | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 28.14 | 68 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 0.85 | 119 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 64.06 | 21 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 66.86 | 24 |
| 1. Happiness | 69.47 | 43 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 90.24 | 25 |
| 3. Income inequality | n/a | n/a |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 72.61 | 44 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 80.33 | 34 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | n/a | n/a |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 63.98 | 94 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 41.69 | 125 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Internet users | 98.96 | 4 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 49.60 | 13 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 84.54 | 6 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 36.57 | 60 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 96.77 | 34 |
| 6. ICT skills | 73.66 | 27 |
| 1. Firms with website | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 81.00 | 42 |
| 3. Professionals | 17.86 | 80 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 26.16 | 77 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 76.71 | 33 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 0.52 | 80 |
| 1. Government online services | 78.18 | 45 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 18.91 | 74 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 71.20 | 17 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 5.22 | 101 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 47.59 | 75 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 62.51 | 70 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 40.00 | 47 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 32.09 | 43 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 61.24 | 50 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 88.42 | 45 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 64.62 | 25 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 76.54 | 50 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 77.50 | 48 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 88.80 | 13 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 66.36 | 25 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 75.26 | 31 |