Portulans Institute

Bahrain

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Key Indicators
Income Group High income
Regional Group Northern Africa and Western Asia
Population (Total) 1,588,670
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 64,171

Performance Overview

ISO3

BHR

Country

Bahrain

Score

52.71

Rank

38

Input

40

Output

40

Enable

59.46

Attract

67.44

Grow

43.37

Retain

54.22

VT

57.12

GA

34.66

Pillar: Enable Score: 59.46Rank: 33
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Regulatory Landscape

61.93 48

1. Government effectiveness

64.7240

2. Rule of law

63.6241

3. Political stability

56.7189

4. Regulatory quality

71.6127

5. Corruption

53.0043

Market Landscape

62.37 30

1. Extent of market dominance

53.7342

2. Domestic credit to private sector

32.8937

3. Cluster development

60.2830

4. R&D expenditure

1.51104

5. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

100.001

6. Internet access in schools

100.001

7. Urbanisation

88.2114

Business & Labour Landscape

54.08 37

1. Labour rights

60.00101

2. Labour-employer cooperation

74.609

3. Professional management

72.9122

4. Relationship of pay to productivity

63.5415

5. Enterprise software

12.7290

6. Cloud computing

13.0677

7. Firms with website

81.7324
Pillar: Attract Score: 67.44Rank: 24
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External Openness

75.12 7

1. FDI regulatory restrictiveness

n/an/a

2. Financial globalisation

88.7413

3. Migrant stock

100.001

4. International students

34.2427

5. Brain gain

77.491

6. AI skills migration

n/an/a

Internal Openness

59.77 80

1. Tolerance of minorities

2.13131

2. Tolerance of immigrants

76.9227

3. Social mobility

71.7521

4. Economic empowerment of women

68.13111

5. Gender parity in high-skilled jobs

n/an/a

6. Leadership opportunities for women

79.9111
Pillar: Grow Score: 43.37Rank: 47
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Formal Education

19.59 74

1. Vocational enrolment

8.2294

2. Tertiary enrolment

33.1557

3. Tertiary education expenditure

n/an/a

4. Reading, maths, and science

n/an/a

5. University ranking

17.4054

Lifelong Learning

48.76 31

1. Business masters education

23.6543

2. Prevalence of training in firms

48.7043

3. Employee development

73.936

Access to Growth Opportunities

61.76 36

1. Delegation of authority

65.2131

2. Youth inclusion

n/an/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

72.0446

4. Use of virtual professional networks

48.0224
Pillar: Retain Score: 54.22Rank: 72
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Sustainability

55.20 51

1. Pension coverage

46.0489

2. Social protection

63.1134

3. Brain retention

70.9514

4. Environmental performance

35.30116

5. Vulnerable employment

99.062

6. Protect Against Future Disasters

45.1473

7. Household Financial Resilience

26.7866

Lifestyle

53.25 85

1. Personal rights

17.83118

2. Personal safety

75.5247

3. Physician density

10.40100

4. Sanitation

100.001

5. Employee Wellbeing / Happiness score (life ladder)

62.4957
Pillar: Vocational and Technical Skills (VT) Score: 57.12Rank: 48
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Mid-level Skills

51.45 47

1. Workforce with secondary education

n/an/a

2. Population with secondary education

37.8767

3. Technicians and associate professionals

n/an/a

4. Labour productivity per employee

65.039

Employability

62.80 62

1. Ease of finding skilled employees

67.8114

2. Relevance of education system to the economy

57.7936

3. Skills matching

n/an/a

4. Highly educated unemployment

n/an/a
Pillar: Generalist Adaptive Skills (GA) Score: 34.66Rank: 40
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High-level Skills

45.66 24

1. Workforce with tertiary education

n/an/a

2. Soft Skills

69.5315

3. Professionals

n/an/a

4. Researchers

3.6579

5. Senior officials and managers

n/an/a

6. Digital skills

63.805

7. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Talent Impact

23.66 60

1. ICT services exports

26.9237

2. Mobile apps development

59.5085

3. Intellectual property receipts (% of total trade)

26.7946

4. High-value exports

0.55126

5. Software development

8.7760

6. New business density

27.1628

7. Scientific journal articles

15.9154

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