Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Bahrain
Bahrain: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 59.77 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Stability - Governance score in Bahrain, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political stability - governance score in Bahrain is 59.77 0-100, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Bahrain peaked at 73.71 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 42.7 0-100, in 2013.
Bahrain ranks 140th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 59.55 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 63 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 67.3 0-100 | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 73.71 0-100 | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 71.22 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 67.87 0-100 | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 64.04 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 60.52 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 62.49 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 61.79 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 62.04 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 52.78 0-100 | -14.9% |
| 2011 | 44.95 0-100 | -14.8% |
| 2012 | 47.37 0-100 | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 42.7 0-100 | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 46.99 0-100 | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 48.51 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 49.2 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 47.64 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 49.91 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 54.68 0-100 | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 54.72 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 56.46 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 56.86 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 56.55 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 59.92 0-100 | +6.0% |
| 2025 | 59.77 0-100 | -0.2% |
Bahrain compared with similar countries
- Bahrain's 59.77 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.93 0-100, 75% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Bahrain's 59.77 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 53.38 0-100, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61.27 0-100 | 59.55 0-100 | 63 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 65.66 0-100 | 60.52 0-100 | 73.71 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.47 0-100 | 42.7 0-100 | 54.68 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 57.38 0-100 | 54.72 0-100 | 59.92 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 137 United States 60.31 0-100 compare
- 138 Jordan 60.06 0-100 compare
- 139 Serbia 59.94 0-100 compare
- 141 Ukraine 59.76 0-100 compare
- 142 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.65 0-100 compare
- 143 South Africa 58.92 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Bahrain
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.001 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0034 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0013 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0528 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0873 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Bahrain?
- Political stability - governance score in Bahrain was 59.77 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest political stability - governance score recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 73.71 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.7 0-100 in 2013.
- How does Bahrain rank for political stability - governance score?
- Bahrain ranks 140th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Political Stability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).