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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Bahrain: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Bahrain is placed 50th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 81.28 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 8.767 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
50th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 4 key statistics
- 81.28Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 8.767Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- —Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024No reading for this country
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Bahrain on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
81.28
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Bahrain: 81.28. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Western Asia
- 82.91 United Arab Emirates
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
8.767
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Bahrain: 8.767. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.34 Israel
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) publishes no reading from 2014–2024 for Bahrain, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Western Asia
- 3.205 Kuwait
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Bahrain, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.7 Israel
02Over time
Which way Bahrain is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
BahrainWorld median
Bahrain rose from 74.67 in 2000 to 81.28 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Bahrain World median 2023 81.2835 74.630 2022 80.9921 74.313 2021 78.0826 72.433 2020 78.6833 73.063 2019 80.4706 74.196 2018 80.4118 74.081 2017 80.4067 74.029 2016 80.4070 74.013 2015 80.3378 73.783 2014 80.2139 73.330 2013 79.9981 73.386 2012 79.6218 73.210 2011 79.1409 73.003 2010 78.5933 72.827 2009 78.0162 72.426 2008 77.4565 72.264 2007 76.9519 72.113 2006 76.5101 72.027 2005 76.1249 71.876 2004 75.7869 71.477 2003 75.4857 71.409 2002 75.2086 71.173 2001 74.9419 70.926 2000 74.6726 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
BahrainWorld median
Bahrain fell from 12.5 in 2000 to 8.767 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Bahrain World median 2024 8.767 14.5 2023 8.600 15.2 2022 8.393 14.7 2021 8.183 15.1 2020 7.993 15.3 2019 7.838 15.7 2018 7.723 16.3 2017 7.656 16.8 2016 7.640 17.5 2015 7.677 17.9 2014 7.763 18.3 2013 7.885 18.7 2012 8.057 18.8 2011 8.300 19.0 2010 8.604 19.2 2009 8.979 20.8 2008 9.405 20.7 2007 9.842 21.8 2006 10.254 22.8 2005 10.626 24.0 2004 10.961 25.9 2003 11.270 26.9 2002 11.597 28.0 2001 11.986 29.1 2000 12.500 30.4
03In context
Bahrain beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Bahrain and Western Asia
Bahrain has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | 10th | 82.41 | 3.34 | — | 0.7 |
 United Arab Emirates | 13th | 82.91 | 4.789 | — | 0.9 |
 Cyprus | =30th | 81.65 | 4.979 | — | — |
 Qatar | =34th | 82.37 | 5.885 | 6.24 | — |
 Kuwait | 49th | 80.4 | 8.104 | 3.205 | 3.8 |
| Bahrain | 50th | 81.28 | 8.767 | 13.6 | — |
 Saudi Arabia | 58th | 78.73 | 5.958 | 10.85 | — |
 Türkiye | 59th | 77.16 | 9.607 | 5.965 | — |
 Oman | 69th | 80.03 | 10.28 | 11.4 | — |
 Jordan | 70th | 77.81 | 12.94 | 8.231 | — |
 Azerbaijan | 72nd | 74.43 | 17.89 | 6.554 | 1.5 |
 Georgia | 74th | 74.5 | 8.595 | 5.763 | 5.1 |
 Armenia | 76th | 75.68 | 9.585 | 9.399 | — |
 Lebanon | 104th | 77.82 | 17.6 | 13.9 | 10.2 |
 Iraq | 113th | 72.32 | 21.84 | 12.64 | — |
 Syria | 130th | 72.12 | 18.44 | 27.9 | — |
 Palestine | 140th | 65.17 | 37.85 | 8.703 | — |
 Yemen | 172nd | 69.3 | 38.14 | 48.54 | — |
| Northern Cyprus | not placed | — | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Bahrain in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Bahrain is ahead of the world, and behind
33 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median19
Statistics on which Bahrain does better than the middle country measured.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8110081No earlier reading
Bahrain: 100 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 1st of 153 · derived.
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)WUENIC · 2025 · world median 909990▲ Improved since 2015
Bahrain: 99 · world median 90 · Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 13 to 99; higher is better.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.310099.3▲ Improved since 2013
Bahrain: 100 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 1st of 84 · derived.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.752.04133.7No real change since 2013
Bahrain: 52.04 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 196th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 2025 · world median 919891▲ Improved since 2015
Bahrain: 98 · world median 91 · Infants given a third dose of DTP vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 39 to 99; higher is better.
Human Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.7620.8990.762▲ Improved since 2013
Bahrain: 0.899 · world median 0.762 · HDI score (0–1). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.388 to 0.972; higher is better.
Ranked 38th of 193 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Fruit Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 84.83125.1484.83▲ Improved since 2019
Bahrain: 125.14 · world median 84.83 · Fruit available as food, excluding wine (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 4.27 to 379.63; higher is better.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.467.53527.46▲ Improved since 2013
Bahrain: 7.535 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 173rd of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3919.5616.39No real change since 2013
Bahrain: 19.56 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 50th of 222 · derived.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.1650.351▲ Improved since 2013
Bahrain: 0.165 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 44th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Human Capital IndexWorld Bank Group · 2020 · world median 0.5640.6520.564▲ Improved since 2010
Bahrain: 0.652 · world median 0.564 · HCI score (0–1). World Bank Group, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 0.292 to 0.879; higher is better.
Position 46th of 172 · derived.
Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and TubersFAO · 2022 · world median 413341No real change since 2020
Bahrain: 33 · world median 41 · Share of dietary energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 21 to 82; lower is better.
Vegetable Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 102.69139.38102.69▼ Worsened since 2019
Bahrain: 139.38 · world median 102.69 · Vegetables available as food (kg per person per year). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.89 to 412.72; higher is better.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.267.31412.26▼ Worsened since 2014
Bahrain: 7.314 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 137th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1344.4458.134▼ Worsened since 2014
Bahrain: 4.445 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 136th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8581.8252.858▼ Worsened since 2014
Bahrain: 1.825 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 133rd of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6516.7846.65▼ Worsened since 2013
Bahrain: 16.78 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 129th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1635.2828.163▼ Worsened since 2013
Bahrain: 5.282 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 128th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.997.596.9No earlier reading
Bahrain: 97.5 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Behind the world median6
Statistics on which Bahrain does worse than the middle country measured.
HPV Vaccination Coverage, GirlsWUENIC · 2025 · world median 65.56165.5No earlier reading
Bahrain: 61 · world median 65.5 · Girls in the target group given the final dose of HPV vaccine (%). WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 99; higher is better.
Low Birthweight PrevalenceUNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates) · 2020 · world median 10.2112.4410.21▼ Worsened since 2010
Bahrain: 12.44 · world median 10.21 · Live births weighing under 2,500 g (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Low Birthweight Estimates), 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 3.993 to 27.44; lower is better.
Position 58th of 158 · derived, 1st = worst.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2559.471.25No real change since 2013
Bahrain: 59.4 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 133rd of 196 · derived.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5466.63.546No earlier reading
Bahrain: 6.6 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 43rd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4851.13.48▼ Worsened since 2015
Bahrain: 51.1 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.4547.714.45No real change since 2013
Bahrain: 47.7 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 8th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end8
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Meat Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 57.8376.2657.83Moved since 2019
Bahrain: 76.26 · world median 57.83 · Meat available as food (kg per person per year, carcass weight). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.49 to 156.95.
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry OnWellcome Trust · 2020 · world median 20.0526.3720.05No earlier reading
Bahrain: 26.37 · world median 20.05 · People aged 15+ who have ever been too anxious or depressed to continue their usual activities for two weeks or more (%). Wellcome Trust, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.934 to 49.35.
Fish and Seafood Supply per PersonFAO · 2023 · world median 16.1719.7616.17No real change since 2019
Bahrain: 19.76 · world median 16.17 · Fish and seafood available as food (kg per person per year, live-weight equivalent). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.38 to 83.81.
Average Weekly Hours WorkedILO · 2025 · world median 38.8940.1838.89Moved since 2015
Bahrain: 40.18 · world median 38.89 · Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person. International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 23.64 to 54.7.
Position 78th of 182 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.253741.25Moved since 2013
Bahrain: 37 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Cost of a Healthy DietFAO · 2025 · world median 4.554.324.55Moved since 2017
Bahrain: 4.32 · world median 4.55 · Cost of the cheapest locally available healthy diet, PPP dollars per person per day. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.66 to 8.27.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.426.235.4No real change since 2013
Bahrain: 26.2 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Pesticide Use per HectareFAO · 2024 · world median 1.730.861.73Moved since 2014
Bahrain: 0.86 · world median 1.73 · Pesticide use (kg per hectare of cropland). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.72.
Position 124th of 178 · derived, counted from the highest value.
No current reading for Bahrain
Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries (last 2020), Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Violent Discipline of Children. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Bahrain’s 14 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Bahrain’s 5th best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Work & Labour19th of 1824/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience31st of 1933/4 keys
- Digital & Technology40th of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital49th of 1963/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing50th of 2002/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation53rd of 1764/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade59th of 1773/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions123rd of 1944/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Libertiesjoint 149th of 1984/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge163rd of 1983/4 keys
- Energyjoint 137th of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equality159th of 1833/4 keys
- Peace & Security164th of 1774/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability183rd of 1863/4 keys
No standing on Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Bahrain can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Israel10th3/4 keysThis page
Bahrain50th2/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Bahrain and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Bahrain on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Bahrain rank on health & wellbeing?
Bahrain is placed 50th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth and Under-Five Mortality Rate). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Bahrain?
81.28 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Bahrain?
8.767 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Bahrain’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 74.67 in 2000 to 81.28 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 12.5 in 2000 to 8.767 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Bahrain?
No current reading is published for Bahrain on Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Caesarean Section Rate, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Children with Functional Difficulties, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Dietary Energy Supply, Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Overweight Prevalence in Children Under Five, Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two Days, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 Months, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Violent Discipline of Children. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 33 statistics on this page come from 15 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Bahrain’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Bahrain (banner) — Peter from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 2.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Bahrain: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/bahrain/health