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Bahrain

Capital: Manama; GDP growth (annual %) 2016: N/A
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Key Facts
Full name: Kingdom of Bahrain
Population: 1,324,000 (UN, 2011)
Area: 717 sq km (277 sq miles)
Major language: Arabic
Major religion: Islam
Life expectancy: 75 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 Bahraini dinar = 1,000 fils
Main exports: Petroleum and petroleum products, aluminium
GNI per capita: US $15,910 (World Bank, 2010)
Internet domain: .bh
International dialling code: +973
  • Climate change laws around the world

    2017/05/14

    There has been a 20-fold increase in the number of global climate change laws since 1997, according to the most comprehensive database of relevant policy and legislation.

    The database, produced by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Sabin Center on Climate Change Law, includes more than 1,200 relevant policies across 164 countries, which account for 95% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Bahrain Continuing (but different) growth constraints

    2017/05/07

    Bahrain

    Continuing (but different) growth constraints

  • Bahrain Year in Review 2014

    2015/03/31

    While a combination of high break-even prices and lower levels of fiscal reserves could see falling oil prices push Bahrain further into the red, the kingdom is still set to post respectable economic increase for the year, buoyed by a solid performance from its non-hydrocarbons sector.

  • New opportunities open for Islamic banking in Bahrain

    2014/08/16

    With a strong and well established financial services sector, Bahrain’s role in expanding the world reach of sharia-compliant financing looks set to broaden further through three developments firmed up in July. Two new partnerships were announced last month that will expand the number of Islamic Financial Services (IFS) institutions in the kingdom, while an agency by presently active in the sector is furthering its work to globalise the industry.

  • Bahrain Year in Review 2013

    2014/03/04

    Focus in 2013 remained on maintaining increase and the continuing process of further diversification of the economy– something Bahrain has a chief-start on over a lot of of its neighbours. However, ongoing security concerns have overshadowed performance in some sectors.

  • Ashraf Bseisu, Group Chief Executive of the Solidarity Group,

    2013/12/11

    His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, has a prosperous vision for the country. The government is looking to the next with the goal of transforming the kingdom into a world-class competitive, sustainable, diversified and knowledge-driven economy.

    Education, infrastructure, foreign investment , youth employment and technology are leading the Vision 2030. What is the role of the financial sector and of Solidarity specifically within this Vision?

  • Bahrain Country Profile

    2015/11/29

    The country (Bahrain) is situated in Middle East, archipelago in the Persian Gulf, east of Saudi Arabia.
    Land in Bahrain is mostly low desert plain rising gently to low central escarpment.
    Bahraini land covers an area of 665 km²

    The climate is arid, mild, pleasant winters, very hot, humid summers. Bahraini(s) speak Arabic, English, Farsi, Urdu.

    Economic Overview

    Increase recovered from weakness in 2011 but is presently constrained by weak oil prices