Official Name: | The Kingdom of Bahrain |
Sovereign Status: | Sovereign Country |
Government Type: | Constitutional Monarchy |
Official Name (Local Language): | Mamlakat al Bahrayn |
ISO Country Codes: | BH : BHR |
Internet Domain: | .bh |
Government Web Site: | https://services.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ar/BSP/HomeeServicesPortal/ |
Capital: | Manama | Main Airports: | Bahrain International Airport |
Language(s): | Arabic | Population: | 1,540,558 |
Currency: | Bahraini Dinar | ISO Currency Code: | BHD |
Telephone Dial In: | +973 | ID Prefix: | 00 |
Government Website: | https://services.bahrain.bh/wps/portal/ar/BSP/HomeeServicesPortal/ |
Sovereign Ratings: | https://credendo.com/en/country-risk/bahrain |
Central Bank: | Central Bank of Bahrain |
GDP: | $72.267 billion (2021 est.) |
GDP Pro Capita (PPP): | $49,400 (2021 est.) |
Currency & USD Exchange Rate: | Bahraini Dinar |
Currency Code: | BHD |
World Bank Classification: | High-Income Economy |
GDP Composition:
Agriculture: | 0.3% | fruit, vegetables; poultry, dairy products; shrimp, fish |
Industry: | 33.8% | petroleum processing and refining, aluminum smelting, iron pelletization, fertilizers, Islamic and offshore banking, insurance, ship repairing, tourism |
Services: | 65.9% |
Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO
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Business Language(s): | Arabic; English |
Customs & Excise: | Ministry of Interior Customs Affairs |
Development Bank(s): | Bahrain Development Bank; Islamic Development Bank; |
National Standards Bureau: | Bahrain Standards & Metrology Directorate |
Competitive Ind’l Performance: 45/141 (2019) | Corruption Perceptions Index: 69/180 (2022 Rank) |
Ease of Doing Business: N/A | Enabling Trade Index: 42/136 (2016) |
Global Trade Alert | Search ITC's Lega Carta |
Investment Agency: The Bahrain Economic Development Board ;
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Bahrain British Business Forum The BBBF was formed in 1995 to promote trade and investment between Bahrain and Britain in a non-discriminatory, non-political and non-profit making manner. |
Joint-Venture Chambers of Commerce |
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Arab British Chamber of Commerce The Arab-British Chamber of Commerce is a not-for profit membership organisation established in 1975 under the General Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for the Arab Countries. The Chamber has a unique function in the promotion of bilateral trade and investment between Britain and the Arab countries. To achieve this we work in close co-operation with government ministries, official trade and investment bodies, Arab diplomatic missions in London, the British Chambers of Commerce, the League of Arab States, leading Arab businesses and Chambers of Commerce in the Arab world. |
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