Bahrain: Financial markets development, access

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 Bahrain

Financial markets development, access

 Latest value 1.000
 Year 2021
 Measure index points
 Data availability 1980 - 2021
 Average 0.638
 Min - Max 0.385 - 1.000
 Source International Monetary Fund
The latest value from 2021 is 1 index points, an increase from 0.747 index points in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 0.361 index points, based on data from 114 countries. Historically, the average for Bahrain from 1980 to 2021 is 0.638 index points. The minimum value, 0.385 index points, was reached in 1994 while the maximum of 1 index points was recorded in 2021. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Bahrain - Financial markets development, access - historical chart - 1980-2021




Definition: Measures access to the financial markets using principal components methodology with these variables: Percent of market capitalization outside of top 10 largest companies and Total number of issuers of debt (domestic and external, nonfinancial and financial corporations). See Svirydzenka, Katsiaryna (IMF, 2016) for more detail.

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