BAHRAIN GENDER LANDSCAPE This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Bahrain on key indicators Compared to: Base Year Region helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes losses >10% Higher Value in wealth, reduces poverty, boosts shared prosperity, and supports green, Equal/No Change resilient, and inclusive development. >10% Lower Value Click the measures below to explore the World Bank Gender Data Portal. No Data Country Performance Peer Comparison Baseline Latest Latest Value Year Value Year MNA HIC World Foundational Well-being: End Gender-Based Violence and Elevate Human Capital Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in NA NA NA NA 15.3 5.60 NA the last 12 months (% of ever partnered women ages 15-49) Women who were first married by 18 (% of women 20-24) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Learning poverty: Share of children at the end-of-primary age below Female NA NA 22.0 2016 54.1 6.30 50.0 minimum reading proficiency (%) Male NA NA 41.9 2016 65.5 9.14 53.7 Female 60.6 2011 92.8 2022 42.7 89.9 44.8 School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) Male 35.7 2011 62.5 2022 39.3 69.2 39.1 Female share of graduates from STEM programs, tertiary (%) 45.9 2006 41.2 2018 NA NA NA Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women 15-19) 15.7 2011 8.68 2021 35.0 11.2 42.5 Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate per 100,000 live births) 19.0 2011 16.0 2020 56.0 12.0 223 Unmet need for contraception (% of married women 15-49) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Female NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Fraction of children under 5 not stunted Male NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Mortality from chronic vascular disease, cancer, diabetes or Female 17.8 2011 15.4 2019 17.4 8.97 14.8 cardiorespiratory disease between 30 and 70 (%) Male 17.6 2011 16.4 2019 22.9 14.8 21.7 Economic Participation: Expand and Enable Economic Opportunities Female 42.6 2011 43.9 2022 18.7 54.0 47.8 Labor force participation rate (% 15+) Male 86.5 2011 87.1 2022 71.2 68.0 72.9 Female 96.8 2011 96.1 2022 75.3 90.6 53.1 Wage and salaried workers (% of employment) Male 97.5 2011 97.6 2022 71.2 85.6 51.3 Female 0.05 2011 0.04 2022 12.8 2.02 25.6 Employment in agriculture (% of employment) Male 1.36 2011 1.13 2022 13.3 3.65 26.9 Female NA NA 6.98 2017 6.40 21.1 9.93 Received a public sector pension (% 15+) Male NA NA 6.10 2017 10.2 18.6 8.83 Share of youth not in education, employment or training (% of youth Female NA NA NA NA NA 11.6 NA population) Male NA NA NA NA NA 10.6 NA Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 29.4 2011 31.5 2022 55.3 55.0 55.2 Female 48.8 2011 75.4 2017 44.8 96.7 71.9 Financial institution account (% 15+) Male 79.0 2011 86.3 2017 58.3 96.0 76.0 Female NA NA 33.2 2017 13.5 55.3 31.8 Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills (% 15+) Male NA NA 39.0 2017 22.1 57.0 37.0 Female share of employment in senior and middle management (%) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Leadership: Engage Women as Leaders Firms with female participation in ownership (% of firms) NA NA NA NA 19.0 39.5 33.3 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 10.0 2011 20.0 2022 17.5 30.8 26.5 Proportion of women in ministerial level positions (%) 10.7 2010 21.7 2022 13.8 30.1 22.8 Women participating in decisions related to health care, purchases, NA NA NA NA NA NA NA and visiting family (% of women age 15-49) Note: The Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region includes 21 countries (all income levels), as classified by The World Bank Group. Bahrain is a high income (HIC) country, which includes 82 countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita higher than $13,845 (calculated using the World Bank Atlas method). Data and definitions can be found on the Gender Data Portal. Data is as of March 17, 2024. Country Baseline provides a reference from 1990 to 2011. Latest Value shows the latest available value from 2012 onwards. The arrow icon repre- sents country increases or decreases over 10 percent relative to the base year. Peer Comparison shows how Bahrain performs relative to its peers in the region, income group, and the world. Color coding represents values 10 percent above or below its peers in the region. BAHRAIN GENDER LANDSCAPE Women, Business and Women, Business and the Law (WBL) 2023 presents an index covering 190 economies, structured around the life cycle of a working woman. In total, 35 ques- the Law in Bahrain tions are scored across eight indicators. Bahrain scores 68 out of 100, while the regional average across Middle East and North Africa is 55. Overall Mobility Workplace Pay Marriage Parent- Entrepre- Assets Pension hood neurship 68 50 75 100 40 40 100 40 100 A Closer Look at Gender Despite some progress, gender gaps, gender-based violence, and disadvanta- geous social norms facing women and girls persist, and gains in human capital Equality in Bahrain of women and girls remain untapped. Turning human capital investments into economic gains means addressing multiple barriers to women‘s economic em- powerment, including improving their voice and agency. —— Unpacking the Numbers in Bahrain —— 69 percent 43 points 4 times 1.2 times A girl born today Men and women Men hold 4 times A man is 1.2 times will be 69 percent have a 43 as many seats in as likely to have as productive as if percentage point the national used a mobile she enjoyed full gap in labor force parliament as phone or the education, health, participation women (2022) internet to pay bills and employment (2022) (2017) (2020) LEARN MORE The World Bank in Gender: This portal features the World Bank Gender Data Portal: This open data latest research, news, and events around gender tool shares the latest statistics and research to im- equality in international development. prove understanding and inform policy choices. 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