Middle East
Bahrain
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Bahrain's #2 import source (world lens). Bahrain is the EU's #91 goods supplier.
Bahrain on the world stage
Total imports
$15.6bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$12.5bn
200 partners
#1 import source
China
14.3%
#1 export dest.
Saudi Arabia
23.0%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Bahrain and the EU
EU imports from
€1.8bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.9bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #91 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.06
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
61
EUR/MWh
Consumer
7
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
902
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
0%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
Single buyer (EWA)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
No independent energy regulator (EWA self-regulates)
A small gas-only island grid where three IPPs hold ~80% of capacity under 20-year PPAs to EWA, tariffs are subsidised, and the 200 MW solar target for 2025 has delivered only 18 MW.
Tracked infrastructure
24 gas plants
8.5 GW
0 solar farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Monitored ports (2)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
33.2
→ 35 by 2050
Fertility
1.8
below replacement
Working-age
77.4%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5
→ 11.4 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 1.61M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +33% (2.14M)