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Bahrain

Location

  • Geographical region: Western Asia, Asia
  • SDG region: SDG Northern Africa and Western Asia

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 785 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 11% agriculture, 1% forest and 88% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 1,472,233 people (2022)
  • Population density: 2182 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 103% lives in urban areas and 12% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 70,582,646,570 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 47,943 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 0% from agriculture, 57% from services and 48% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Bahrain

  • Drinking water

    99 % of the population in Bahrain uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    92 % of the population in Bahrain uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    100 % of the population in Bahrain has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    93 % of domestic wastewater in Bahrain is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    --- % of monitored water bodies in Bahrain has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2020)
  • Efficiency

    75 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Bahrain (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2020)
  • Water stress

    134 % of the renewable water resources in Bahrain is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2020)
  • Water management

    39 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Bahrain (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2020) 
  • Transboundary

    n/a of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2020)
  • Ecosystems

    100 % of the water basins in Bahrain is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    n/a is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Bahrain in 2004 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Bahrain (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Bahrain, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Bahrain, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Bahrain, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Bahrain, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Bahrain, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Bahrain (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Bahrain, by source (2015 - 2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Bahrain (2017-2020), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Bahrain, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 83 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 78 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 291 m3 per capita (2016)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Bahrain, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Bahrain, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Bahrain, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Bahrain, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Bahrain, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Bahrain, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Bahrain (2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Bahrain, progress over time, by sub-sector