Human Development & Quality of Life in Bahrain
Human Development
A 2023 HDI of 0.899 puts Bahrain at UNDP rank 38, classified as very high human development. The headline needs context: Education combines 15.9 expected years of schooling with 11.1 mean years already attained. Another part of the dashboard shows that environmental pressure has a substantial effect on the adjusted measure: PHDI is 0.632 after a 29.7% adjustment.
What sits inside Bahrain's HDI
Within the UNDP framework, Bahrain's 2023 HDI inputs include life expectancy of 81.3, expected schooling of 15.9, mean schooling of 11.1, and GNI per capita of $52,819 in 2021 PPP dollars. Together they explain the headline index without turning any single input into a separate ranking.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
For the evidence shown here, Bahrain has additional UNDP measures of GDI 0.957, GII 0.165, PHDI 0.632. Reading them together is useful, but combining them would obscure their different definitions.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No dated comparable life-satisfaction figure is included for Bahrain in this release. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one. For the profile as a whole, do not substitute a different denominator instead of treating all development measures as interchangeable.
What Bahrain's numbers say together
For a fuller view of Bahrain, the page shows PHDI 0.632 after a 29.7% adjustment; GDI 0.957. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
At 0.899, Bahrain's 2023 HDI corresponds to UNDP rank 38. The ranking reflects the HDI framework only and does not capture every aspect of lived experience.
The GDI value is 0.957 in group 2; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.632, with a 29.7% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Bahrain's HDI?
The UNDP table records Bahrain at 0.899 on HDI in 2023, with global rank 38.
Is an inequality-adjusted HDI available for Bahrain?
IHDI is omitted for Bahrain because UNDP does not provide a usable value in the cited table. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Quality-of-life data for Bahrain appear only when the page can tie the value to a comparable source and year. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. The Human Development Index summarizes health, education and income outcomes. Subjective well-being is kept outside the HDI calculation.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.